Why is 'blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacifist? What is the best sex ratio? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Over what do our chromosomes quarrel? Such questions have motivated the life-work of W D Hamilton. This title includes an autobiographical essay written especially for this collection.
Why is `blood thicker than water'? Are we innately violent or pacifist? What is the best sex ratio? Why are plants and animals sexual? Why do we grow old and die? Over what do our chromosomes quarrel? Such questions have motivated the life-work of W. D. Hamilton, widely acknowledged as the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century. His papers continue to exert an enormous influence and they are now being republished for the first time. Each one is
introduced by an autobiographical essay written especially for this collection.
