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Twins : And What They Tell Us About Who We Are
by Wright, Lawrence
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0471252204
- ISBN 13
- 9780471252207
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc,, 1997. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A factual discussion of the hard sciences' modern research into the biological heritability of twins, offering overwhelming evidence that our personality, behavioral characteristics, character, intelligence, and many abilities are in fact genetically pre-determined and not alterable through environmental influences - a genetic/environmental heritability ratio of about 75/25 and thus presenting the need to radically alter many social and political public policy realities and directions. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains bibliography, indexed, 202pp., the usual ex-lib markings. A nice copy, the jacket inside a protector. Very rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- JB Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 00015328
- Title
- Twins : And What They Tell Us About Who We Are
- Author
- Wright, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0471252204
- ISBN 13
- 9780471252207
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- IDENTICAL TWINS, GENETIC SCIENCES, BIOLOGY, GENES, CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, FREE WILL, PSYCHOLOGY, PERSONALITY, BEHAVIOR
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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