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from: HarperAudio See Larger Image Used Price: $18.84 Third Party New Price: $18.95 Binding: Audio CD Dewey Decimal Number: 155.7 EAN: 9780060544478 Format: Abridged, Audiobook ISBN: 0060544473 Label: HarperAudio Manufacturer: HarperAudio Number Of Items: 5 Publication Date: 2003-04 Publisher: HarperAudio Release Date: April 29, 2003 Sales Rank: 1000431 Studio: HarperAudio Related Items: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.) The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Borges: Collected Fictions Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation see more Editorial Review: Product Description: February, 2001, it was announced that the human genome contains not 100,000 genes, as originally expected, but only 30,000. This startling revision led some scientists to conclude that there are simply not enough human genes to account for all the different ways people behave; we must be made by nurture, not nature. Yet again biology was to be stretched on the Procrustean bed of the nature-nurture debate. Matt Ridley argues that the emerging truth is far more interesting than this myth. Nurture depends on genes, too, and genes need nurture. Genes not only predetermine the broad structure of the brain, they also absorb formative experiences, react to social cues, and even run memory. They are consequences as well as causes of the will. Nature Via Nurture chronicles a revolution in our understanding of genes. Ridley recounts the hundred years' war between the partisans of nature and nurture to explain how this paradoxical creature, the human being, can be simultaneously free-willed and motivated by instinct and culture. Read by Matt Ridley. Amazon.com Review: In the follow-up to his bestseller, Genome, Matt Ridley takes on a centuries-old question: is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Ridley asserts that the question itself is a 'false dichotomy.' Using copious examples from human and animal behavior, he presents the notion that our environment affects the way our genes express themselves. Ridley writes that the switches controlling our 30,000 or so genes not only form the structures of our brains but do so in such a way as to cue off the outside environment in a tidy feedback loop of body and behavior. In fact, it seems clear that we have genetic 'thermostats' that are turned up and down by environmental factors. He challenges both scientific and folk concepts, from assumptions of what's malleable in a person to sociobiological theories based solely on the 'selfish gene.' Ridley's proof is in the pudding for such touchy subjects as monogamy, aggression, and parenting, which we now understand have some genetic controls. Nevertheless, 'the more we understand both our genes and our instincts, the less inevitable they seem.' A consummate popularizer of science, Ridley once again provides a perfect mix of history, genetics, and sociology for readers hungry to understand the implications of the human genome sequence. --Therese Littleton Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Genes through the 4th dimension. Science, not philosophical debate. Thank the "Gene Organizing Device" ("GOD" by the author) that this is not a book on an endless philosophical debate. Fortunately the Spanish title inspired me to buy it: "What makes us human". An imaginary photograph of the 12 men that nurtured the debate between nature and nurture (including Pavlov, Darwin and Galton, Piaget, Freud and others) guides us through the book. Genes are explained not as the mere ingredient list of life, but as a recipe with timings, this means that genes ... Read More Rating: - Clarifying ideas!!! If you are looking for a pleasant reading with clear ideas about what is more important between biological and social influences, this is the right book. I also recommend this book for non-evolutionary researchers!!! Rating: - An interesting, light read In "The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture" (previously published as "Nature via Nurture") Matt Ridley explores how the modern understanding of the genome recasts the boundaries of the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Nature versus nurture is a long, intense and often highly charged, intellectual debate but Ridley shows it to be a false dichotomy. The two sides are not mutually exclusive. Genes (on the nature side of the equation) enable the acquisition of environmental influences (nurture) ... Read More Rating: - Deception I am disapointed that this book was retitled from the original book - Nuture Via Nature. We bought both books only to discover they are the same book. Amazon should have made this change in title clear. The book is excellent by the way and should be a must read for anyone interested about this topic. Rating: - Sheds light on various nature versus nurture arguments Science writer Matt Ridley is a must read for anyone wanting to understand new discoveries about genes, and how they influence us throughout our lives. "The Agile Gene" is not as illuminating and captivating as the other Matt Ridley books (his best works are "The Origins of Human Virtue" and "The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature"). You'll get a broader and deeper understanding of nature vs. nuture from the other books if you are interested in understanding how genes effect human relations ... 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