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The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness (Record no. 1313)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780099531661
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 177.7
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harman, Oren
9 (RLIN) 362708
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Vintage Publishing;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 05 May 2011
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 464 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. When George Price died in January 1975, his funeral in London was attended by five homeless men. Alongside them were Bill Hamilton and John Maynard Smith, two distinguished British evolutionary biologists. All seven men had come to mourn an eccentric American genius who helped to unpick the riddle of how altruism, or unselfish concern for the welfare of others, could exist in a world driven by survival of the fittest and who committed suicide aged just 52. In "The Price of Altruism" Price's personal and professional journey is intricately woven into a sweeping arc of modern politics and science that takes us from Darwin's Beagle to the court of the Russian Tsar, from Marxist manifestos to Nazi heresies, and from First World War trenches to Vietnam demonstrations. Featuring some of the most brilliant minds of the modern age, it is the riveting tale of mankind's search for the origins of kindness.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Ethics & moral philosophy
9 (RLIN) 362709
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
9 (RLIN) 362710
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Religion and Philosophy 10/08/2016 2 1 177.7 PKLC007102 29/10/2016 29/10/2016 10/08/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Society and Politics 04/05/2016 1 1 177.7 PRI PKLC001305 03/06/2018 24/04/2018 04/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17