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UNINA9910450088803321 |
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Autore |
Zuk M (Marlene) |
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Sexual selections [[electronic resource] ] : what we can and can't learn about sex from animals / / Marlene Zuk |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
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1-282-35781-6 |
1-59734-894-5 |
0-520-93767-8 |
9786612357817 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Sexual behavior in animals |
Animal behavior |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on species names -- Introduction: An Ode To Witlessness -- PART ONE. Sexual Stereotypes and the Biases That Bind -- PART TWO. Unnatural Myths -- PART THREE. Human Evolutionary Perspectives -- Selected Readings -- Index |
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Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair. Does this information spell doom for traditional marriages? And bonobo apes take part in female-female sexual encounters. Does this mean that human homosexuality is natural? This highly provocative book clearly shows that these are the wrong kinds of questions to ask about animal behavior. Marlene Zuk, a respected biologist and a feminist, gives an eye-opening tour of some of the latest developments in our knowledge of animal sexuality and evolutionary biology. Sexual Selections exposes |
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the anthropomorphism and gender politics that have colored our understanding of the natural world and shows how feminism can help move us away from our ideological biases. As she tells many amazing stories about animal behavior--whether of birds and apes or of rats and cockroaches--Zuk takes us to the places where our ideas about nature, gender, and culture collide. Writing in an engaging, conversational style, she discusses such politically charged topics as motherhood, the genetic basis for adultery, the female orgasm, menstruation, and homosexuality. She shows how feminism can give us the tools to examine sensitive issues such as these and to enhance our understanding of the natural world if we avoid using research to champion a feminist agenda and avoid using animals as ideological weapons. Zuk passionately asks us to learn to see the animal world on its own terms, with its splendid array of diversity and variation. This knowledge will give us a better understanding of animals and can ultimately change our assumptions about what is natural, normal, and even possible. |
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UNINA9910495832803321 |
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Doganova Liliana |
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Valoriser la science : les partenariats des start-up technologiques / / Liliana Doganova |
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Paris, : Presses des Mines, 2012 |
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Paris : , : Presses des Mines, , 2012 |
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2-35671-098-1 |
2-35671-297-6 |
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1 online resource (211 pages) |
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L’innovation ouverte exige des échanges permanents entre science et |
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marché ; les start-up issues de la recherche en sont un véhicule privilégié. Si la création de ces « jeunes pousses » valorisant des travaux scientifiques a été fortement encouragée par les politiques publiques depuis une dizaine d’années, on sait peu de choses des effets qu’elles induisent sur leurs marchés. Que valent-elles ? Comment comprendre leur rôle et saisir leur impact ? Qu’apportent-elles aux entreprises avec lesquelles elles coopèrent ? Cet ouvrage propose une approche originale : pour rendre compte de la portée de ces start-up, il traque les réseaux d’innovation qu’elles construisent et animent. Il analyse les formes et les effets des partenariats avec des start-up par une double perspective : l’analyse statistique des innovations produites dans un vaste échantillon de collaborations inter-firmes et l’observation fine des pratiques d’évaluation mises en œuvre par les entreprises partenaires. L’enquête met en lumière la dynamique exploratoire de ces partenariats, la diversité des résultats qu’ils génèrent et la spécificité des dispositifs sur lesquels ils s’appuient. L’ouvrage intéressera aussi bien les chercheurs en sciences de gestion et en sociologie que les acteurs publics impliqués dans la valorisation de la recherche et les acteurs industriels qui sont amenés à coopérer avec des start-up technologiques. |
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