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Roughgarden, Joan E. was born on March 13, 1946 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
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Are selfishness and individuality—rather than kindness and cooperation—basic to biological nature? Does a "selfish gene" create universal sexual conflict? In The Genial Gene, Joan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Building on her brilliant and innovative book Evolution's Rainbow, in which she challenged accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation, Roughgarden upends the notion of the selfish gene and the theory of sexual selection and develops a compelling and controversial alternative theory called social selection. This scientifically rigorous, model-based challenge to an important tenet of neo-Darwinian theory emphasizes cooperation, elucidates the factors that contribute to evolutionary success in a gene pool or animal social system, and vigorously demonstrates that to identify Darwinism with selfishness and individuality misrepresents the facts of life as we now know them.
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Click here to visit evolutionandchristianfaith.org "I'm an evolutionary biologist and a Christian," states Stanford professor Joan Roughgarden at the outset of her groundbreaking new book, Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. From that perspective, she offers an elegant, deeply satisfying reconciliation of the theory of evolution and the wisdom of the Bible. Perhaps only someone with Roughgarden's unique academic standing could examine so well controversial issues such as the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, or the potential flaws in Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly Roughgarden is uniquely suited to reference both the minutiae of scientific processes and the implication of Biblical verses. Whether the topic is mutation rates and lizards or the hidden meanings behind St. Paul's letters, Evolution and Christian Faith distils complex arguments into everyday understanding. Roughgarden has scoured the Bible and scanned the natural world, finding examples time and again, not of conflict, but of harmony. The result is an accessible and intelligent context for a Christian vision of the world that embraces science. In the ongoing debates over creationism and evolution, Evolution and Christian Faith will be seen as a work of major significance, written for contemporary readers who wonder how-or if-they can embrace scientific advances while maintaining their traditional values.
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Roughgarden, Joan E. was born on March 13, 1946 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, University Rochester, New York, 1968. AB with highest honors in Philosophy, University Rochester, New York, 1968. Master of Science/Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971.
Assistant professor, instructor biology University Massachusetts, 1970—1972. Professor, biological science and geophysics Stanford University, California, since 1972. Director, founder Stanford University Earth Systems Progressive, 1992—1999.
Visiting research fellow Merton College, University Oxford, 1994. Member science advisory board Pacific Ocean Conservation Network, California, 1997—1999, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara, California, 1999—2001. Center fellow National Center Ecological Synthesis and Analysis University California, Santa Barbara, 1998.
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Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences.