Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature
- ISBN-10
- 0394508173
- ISBN-13
- 9780394508177
- Category
- Social Science / General
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Authors
- Richard C. Lewontin, Steven Peter Russell Rose, Leon J. Kamin
Description
Three eminent scientists analyze the scientific, social, and political roots of biological determinism.
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