Joachim Dagg wrote:
 > Bob, this  sounds really dubious to me. Couldn't find the book at
 > amazon (not by that author), but it sounds like a creationist's
 > pamphlet. I wasn't interested in creationists taking Price fot
 > whatever they will, if you understand. Or is it not that kind of
 > book?
 >
 > [moderator's helpful info: Bob got the title slightly wrong; it's
 > "Defenders of the Truth: The Battle for Science in the Sociobiology
 > Debate and Beyond", Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. 493 pp. Author is,
 > approximately, Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstrale, but there's
 > a little circle over the final "a" in Segerstrale; if you search
 > Amazon by title, it turns up. - JAH]
 >
Thanks Josh - my mistake.  Actually, I rather like my version of the
title - I think it sums up quite a few scientists I know.

The book is a serious exmination of the way that science works, with all
the personal disputes that occur (and why they developed).  Inevitably,
there's quite a bit of biographical information about the various 
players, including Price, Hamilton, Maynard Smith, etc. etc.

Bob

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