The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

By: Matt Ridley

Psychology

referring to lewis carroll's red queen from through the looking-glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, matt ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. the red queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening...