Are We Slaves to Our Genes?

Informationen zum Autor Denis Alexander is the Founding Director (Emeritus) of The Faraday Institute and Emeritus Fellow of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. The former chair of the Molecular Immunology Programme at The Babraham Institute in Cambridge, he helped to establish the National Unit of Human Genetics at the American University Hospital in Beirut. Lebanon. He is the author of Genes, Determinism, and God (2017). Klappentext Genetic differences can influence differences in our human behaviours, but only occasionally undermine the reality of our free will. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures; Preface; 1. Genetic Confusion; 2. Genetic Information and How It Flows; 3. Genes and Environments in Human Development; 4. What is Behavioural Genetics?; 5. Genes and Mental Health; 6. Genes, Education and Intelligence; 7. Genes, Personality and Personality Disorders; 8. Genes, Food, Exercise, Fat and Thin; 9. Genes, Religiosity and Political Commitment; 10. Gay Genes? Genetics and Sexual Orientation; 11. Are We Slaves to our Genes?; 12. Genes and Human Identity; Endnotes; Definitions of Technical Terms; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Denis R Alexander, Denis R. Alexander, Denis R. (University of Cambridge) Alexander, Alexander Denis R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108426336
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42633-6
• No. of pages: 275
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Ethics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Philosophy of Science, Bioethics, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion, Bio-ethics, Religion and science, Religion & science