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The Neighborhood Project
David Sloan Wilson
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Description for The Neighborhood Project
Hardcover. A top evolutionist uses his science to address the challenges of a typical American city. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10pp of b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNA; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 698.
After decades of studying animals in their habitats, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson had a radical idea-apply evolutionary science to the study of a city. Cities are like organisms, so why not study them as such?
Inspired to become an agent of change in his post-industrial hometown, Wilson descended on its neighborhoods with a scientist's eye. What does bullying feed on? How can we give kids the best start in life? Is spirituality expanding into new areas, or shrinking? How does neighborhood quality affect test scores? After learning how these traits 'live' throughout a city, how can we improve ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316037679
SKU
V9780316037679
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99-15
About David Sloan Wilson
David Sloan Wilson has been a professor of evolutionary biology at Binghamton University for more than twenty years. He has written three academic books on evolution, authored hundreds of papers, some with E.O. Wilson, and his first book for a general audience was Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think.
Reviews for The Neighborhood Project
WINNER OF THE 2012 BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE GREEN AWARD Imagine combining a moving autobiography, dozens of moving mini-biographies, accidental and intentional experiments in raising and educating children and planning cities, and explanations of what biology and religion are really about. Out of that mix comes this unique, beautifully written, wide-ranging book that will delight a universe of ... Read more