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A review by nquinlan
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Natural World-- by Richard O. Prum
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
It felt like the book tried to be a memoir, pop-science non-fiction, and a strong scientific argument. I found myself wishing it had picked the first two, leaving out some of the deeper explanation of hypotheses and counter-hypotheses. The author would dedicate a great deal of time to claims and scores that he felt countered scientific narrative while breezing past some other claims which felt at times as shaky.
Despite all that, I learned a lot, enjoyed it and have already felt myself considering sexual selection more frequently when someone asserts "this is why X species does Y."
Despite all that, I learned a lot, enjoyed it and have already felt myself considering sexual selection more frequently when someone asserts "this is why X species does Y."