The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman.

By: Harman, Oren Solomon .

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: viii, 451 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393067781 (hardcover); 0393067785 (hardcover).Subject(s): Price, George Robert, 1922-1975

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DDC classification: 576.5092 | B Summary: Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's flat.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's flat.

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The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman.

By: Harman, Oren Solomon.

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By: Harman, Oren Solomon .