The Mating Game: In Search of the Meaning of Sex (Penguin Press Science S.) - Softcover

Cherfas, Jeremy; Gribbin, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140294759 ISBN 13: 9780140294750

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

What evolutionary advantages does sexual reproduction possibly confer? Acclaimed science writers Gribbin & Cherfas explain why we reproduce in the way we do. THE MATING GAME is a substantially revised and updated edition of the book previously published as THE REDUNDANT MALE. In this new book, the authors survey everything, from single-cell organisms to computer-dating agencies, revealing how human behaviour is deeply rooted in our evolutionary past. Modern technology could soon make men redundant - if it wasn't for one tiny snag: if it weren't for the 2 sexes we'd all be riddled with disease. This book explores many of sex's surprising oddities.

About this title

Synopsis:

We share so much of our genetic material with other apes and it is clear that, like other species alive on earth today, we have evolved by the Darwinian process of natural selection. We can therefore learn about our own sexuality by looking at how sex "works" in other species. Gribbin and Cherfas put forward the challenging theory that males have outlived their evolutionary usefulness and include discussion of ideas such as the "red queen effect" (the need to run as fast as possible, in evolutionary terms, in order to stay in the same place) and the growing resistance bacteria have evolved to widely used drugs.

About the Author:

JOHN GRIBBIN is the author of many popular science books in Penguin, including the highly acclaimed 'In Search of...' series.
JEREMY CHERFAS is a biologist and award-winning science writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140294759
• ISBN 13: 9780140294750
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256