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The Neighborhood Project : Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Wilson, David Sloan

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After decades of studying animals in their habitats, evolutionary biologist Wilson had a radical idea: apply evolutionary science to the study of a city. Cities are like organisms, so why not study them as such?

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  • Title The Neighborhood Project : Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
  • Author Wilson, David Sloan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown & Company, New York
  • Date 2011-08
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4320129-6
  • ISBN 9780316037679 / 0316037672
  • Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 3.30 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Cities and towns - Growth, Civic improvement
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011002752
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.76

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  • Choice, 03/01/2012, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2011, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 09/11/2011, Page 24
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/23/2011, Page 0

About the author

David Sloan Wilson is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is widely known for his fundamental contributions to evolutionary science and for explaining evolution to the general public. His books include Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives, Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, and Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (with Elliott Sober).

In addition to his own research, Wilson manages programs that expand the scope of evolutionary science in higher education, public policy, community-based research, and the study of religion.

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