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Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People: The Misuse and Abuse of Science in Political Discourse
Killer Apes Naked Apes and Just Plain Nasty People The Misuse and Abuse of Science in Political Discourse
Author: Richard J. Perry
We like to think that science always illuminates. But the disturbing persistence of the concept of biological determinism?the false idea that human behavior is genetically fixed or inherently programmed and therefore is not susceptible to rapid change?shows that scientific research and concepts can be distorted to advance an inhumane and sometim...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781421417516
ISBN-10: 1421417510
Publication Date: 8/20/2015
Pages: 232
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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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