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- catalog abstract "The nature-nurture controversy has never been more hotly debated. Scientists send shock waves through the culture whenever their new theories of what is biologically inherited - as opposed to socially learned - confront our old ideas about the self. Nowhere are these ideas more arduously tested than in the labs of molecular geneticist Dean Hamer, whose discoveries of specific genes linked to behavioral traits - such as anxiety, thrill-seeking, and homosexuality - prove without a doubt that we are in large part hardwired to behave the way we do. Hamer is one of a small group of researchers mapping the human personality. Hamer shows how much of our behavior is heavily influenced by genes, including how much we eat and how much we weigh, how we think, how much we drink, use drugs, and have sex. He also sheds light on some of the most compelling and vexing aspects of personality, such as shyness, aggression, depression, and intelligence. Each chapter draws on the most cutting-edge research available and provides the reader with a blueprint for understanding himself and his family. Then Hamer closes the book with a chilling scenario that imagines the inner life of a genetically cloned scientist's son.".
- catalog contributor b10708249.
- catalog contributor b10708250.
- catalog contributor b10708251.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Emotional instinct: the genetic roots of personality -- Thrills: getting high on life -- Worry: seeing the world darkly -- Anger: aggression, crime, and violence -- Addiction: drinking, smoking, and drug abuse -- Sex: men and women in love -- Thinking: inheriting intelligence -- Hunger: body weight and eating habits -- Aging: the biological clock -- Engineering temperament: cloning and the future politics of personality.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The nature-nurture controversy has never been more hotly debated. Scientists send shock waves through the culture whenever their new theories of what is biologically inherited - as opposed to socially learned - confront our old ideas about the self. Nowhere are these ideas more arduously tested than in the labs of molecular geneticist Dean Hamer, whose discoveries of specific genes linked to behavioral traits - such as anxiety, thrill-seeking, and homosexuality - prove without a doubt that we are in large part hardwired to behave the way we do. Hamer is one of a small group of researchers mapping the human personality. Hamer shows how much of our behavior is heavily influenced by genes, including how much we eat and how much we weigh, how we think, how much we drink, use drugs, and have sex. He also sheds light on some of the most compelling and vexing aspects of personality, such as shyness, aggression, depression, and intelligence. Each chapter draws on the most cutting-edge research available and provides the reader with a blueprint for understanding himself and his family. Then Hamer closes the book with a chilling scenario that imagines the inner life of a genetically cloned scientist's son.".
- catalog extent "355 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Living with our genes.".
- catalog identifier "0385485832 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Living with our genes.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Doubleday,".
- catalog relation "Living with our genes.".
- catalog subject "155.2/34 21".
- catalog subject "1998 F-391".
- catalog subject "BF 798 H214L 1998".
- catalog subject "BF798 .H35 1998".
- catalog subject "Behavior genetics.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral.".
- catalog subject "New Trier High School Winnetka (Ill.) Alumni and alumnae Authorship.".
- catalog subject "Personality Genetic aspects.".
- catalog subject "Personality genetics.".
- catalog subject "Temperament Physiological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Temperament.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Emotional instinct: the genetic roots of personality -- Thrills: getting high on life -- Worry: seeing the world darkly -- Anger: aggression, crime, and violence -- Addiction: drinking, smoking, and drug abuse -- Sex: men and women in love -- Thinking: inheriting intelligence -- Hunger: body weight and eating habits -- Aging: the biological clock -- Engineering temperament: cloning and the future politics of personality.".
- catalog title "Living with our genes : why they matter more than you think / Dean Hamer and Peter Copeland.".
- catalog type "text".