LEADER 04362nam 22007335 450 001 9910616397803321 005 20251009103037.0 010 $a9783031116506$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031116490 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11650-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7101891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7101891 035 $a(CKB)24950428000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11650-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924950428000041 100 $a20220928d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeorge C. Williams and Evolutionary Literacy /$fby Michael P. Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (371 pages) 225 1 $aLiteratures, Cultures, and the Environment,$x2946-3165 311 08$aPrint version: Cohen, Michael P. George C. Williams and Evolutionary Literacy Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031116490 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The Face of the Adaptationist Program -- Chapter 1. A Balance of Forces: Homes and Schools, Genes, Senescence, and Altruism -- Chapter 2.Design, Parsimony, and a Critique of Adaptation -- Chapter 3.Opening Sociobiology: Disciplining the Plain Style -- Chapter 4.Sex, Death, and the Language of Sociobiology -- Chapter 5.How Scientific Reductionism leads to Evolutionary Explanation -- Chapter 6.Evolution and Human Ethics: An Expansion from Sociobiology -- Chapter 7.History, Natural Selection, and the Book of Nature -- Chapter 8.Repairing Human Natures -- Chapter 9.The Dark Side of Biology -- Chapter 10.How Shall a Human Face Death. 330 $aIn this book, a case study of a humanistic reading of an essential evolutionary theorist, George C. Williams (May 12, 1926?September 8, 2010), the author contends that certain classic works of evolutionary theory and history are the most important nature writing of recent times. What it means to be scientifically literate?is essential for humanistic scholars, who must ground themselves with literary reading of scientific texts. As the most influential American evolutionary theorist of the second half of the twentieth century, Williams masters critique, frames questions about adaptation and natural selection, and answers in a plain, aphoristic writing style. Williams aims for parsimony?to ?recognize adaptation at the level necessitated by the facts and no higher??through a minimalist writing style. This voice articulates a powerful process that operates at very low levels by blind and selfish chance at the expense of its designed products, using purely trial and error. Michael P. Cohen works at the intersection of literary theory and nature writing. His books include Pathless Way: John Muir and American Wilderness (1984), A Garden of Bristlecones: Tales of Change in the Great Basin (1998) and Granite and Grace: Seeking the Heart of Yosemite (2019). . 410 0$aLiteratures, Cultures, and the Environment,$x2946-3165 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aAmerica$xLiteratures 606 $aHuman ecology$xHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aCommunication in science 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aNorth American Literature 606 $aEnvironmental History 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aScience Communication 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aEcocriticism. 615 0$aAmerica$xLiteratures. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunication in science. 615 14$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aEcocriticism. 615 24$aNorth American Literature. 615 24$aEnvironmental History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aScience Communication. 676 $a576.801 676 $a576.8092 700 $aCohen$b Michael P.$027662 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910616397803321 996 $aGeorge C. Williams and Evolutionary Literacy$92929654 997 $aUNINA