Owen D. Jones

Force of Nature (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Evolution's Deepest Logic-and Putting It to Use

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An eye-opening exploration of natural selection's power and how it can help human society flourish.

Most of us remember learning about natural selection back in school and have a sense of some of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet, as professor of law and biology Owen D. Jones shows, there are still many things that most of us fail to appreciate about evolutionincluding just how useful it can be to understand. In Force of Nature, Jones explores how we misunderstand and neglect natural selection to our detriment, both missing opportunities to better achieve our goals and, sometimes, even imperiling lives. Through vivid and surprising examples ranging from medicine, psychology, and AI to economics, engineering, and beyond, we see how a finer grasp of natural selection can help open new horizons in cancer treatment and space exploration; create faster machines and better robots; design more effective, just laws; and more. Enlightening and inspiring, Force of Nature shows how, properly understood, evolution may be even more powerful than we may think.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393881936
• Artikelnr.: 75739604

Autorenporträt

Owen D. Jones is a professor of law and of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University. The director of the Weaver Program on Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior, he is the coauthor of Brain Science for Lawyers, Judges, and Policymakers. He lives in Nashville.