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Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selection. Our psychological capacities are evolved traits as much as are our gait and posture. This much few would dispute. Evolutionary psychology goes further than this, claiming that our psychological traits--including a wide variety of traits, from mate preference and jealousy to language and reason--can be understood as specific adaptations to ancestral Pleistocene conditions. In Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology, Robert Richardson takes a critical look at evolutionary psychology by subjecting its ambitious and controversial claims to the same sorts of methodological and evidential constraints that are broadly accepted within evolutionary biology.

The claims of evolutionary psychology may pass muster as psychology; but what are their evolutionary credentials? Richardson considers three ways adaptive hypotheses can be evaluated, using examples from the biological literature to illustrate what sorts of evidence and methodology would be necessary to establish specific evolutionary and adaptive explanations of human psychological traits. He shows that existing explanations within evolutionary psychology fall woefully short of accepted biological standards. The theories offered by evolutionary psychologists may identify traits that are, or were, beneficial to humans. But gauged by biological standards, there is inadequate evidence: evolutionary psychologists are largely silent on the evolutionary evidence relevant to assessing their claims, including such matters as variation in ancestral populations, heritability, and the advantage offered to our ancestors. As evolutionary claims they are unsubstantiated. Evolutionary psychology, Richardson concludes, may offer a program of research, but it lacks the kind of evidence that is generally expected within evolutionary biology. It is speculation rather than sound science--and we should treat its claims with skepticism. ... Read more

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A great aid to the hands-on low temperature experimentalist
With contributions by faculty, graduate students, and postdocs at Cornell, this book is a collection of very practical recipes written in a language easily accessible to a senior undergraduate or a beginning graduate student. If you are planning a novel experiment, building a new setup, or troubleshooting or adapting an existing piece of equipment, this book is an invaluable tool. It covers most of the little details which nobody mentions in respectable PRL articles but without the understanding of which nothing will work and your boss will not be happy. The book also has most of the important material property tables which you'd be scrambling to collect from all over. This book should be a reference to any low-temperature experimentalist, ahead of all other texts. ... Read more

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Discovering Complexity offers an account of scientific discovery that aims to be psychologically and historically realistic. Drawing on cases from a number of life sciences, including biochemistry, genetics, and neuroscience, this study of the dynamics of theory development focuses on two psychological heuristics, decomposition and localization. William Bechtel and Robert Richardson identify a number of "choice-points" that scientists confront in developing mechanistic explanations and describe how different choices result in divergent explanatory models. According to Bechtel and Richardson's analysis, decomposition is the attempt to differentiate components of a system, while localization assigns responsibility for specific tasks to these components. The book examines in detail the usefulness of these heuristics in biological science, but also discusses their fallibility: underlying their use is the sometimes false assumption that nature is significantly decomposable and hierarchical. When a system does not appear to be decomposable, a classic response has been to abandon the pursuit of mechanistic explanation and to settle for accurate descriptions of phenomena. More recently, with advances in mathematical modeling, an alternative has emerged. Described in this work is an approach to explanation that appeals to interactions between simple components, rather than assigning functions to individual components. ... Read more

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Hear the first-hand account of the life and career of the man with more wins than any other coach in college basketball and the story of the Raiders who took him there. Skillfully researched and beautifully illlustrated, this amazing never-before-told story gives insight into Besss extraordinary success, revealing his simple but steadfast methods and coaching philosophies. ... Read more

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Physics, 1st edition is the best solution for today's college physics market. With a unique, new, approach to physics that builds a conceptual framework as motivation for the physical principles, consistent problem solving coverage strategies, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior media support, Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson delivers a product that addresses today's market needs with the best tools available.

Physics 1st edition is a spin-off of the market leading College Physics 2nd edition text by Giambattista/Richardson/Richardson.The key difference in College Physics there is an integrated approach of forces and kinematics, leading with forces, while in this new 1st edition, Physics covers forces in the traditional manner by leading with Kinematics and not integrating forces. ... Read more

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Dr. Robert Richardson, medical doctor, professor and biographer of Alexander Campbell, was the foremost advocate of the spiritual life in the 19th century Stone-Campbell movement. Nowhere is his vision of that life more powerful and eloquent than in the many communion meditations he delivered to the Bethany (WV) church in the 1840s and 50s.

At the urging of friends, Richardson collected 24 of them into a small book. It remains today the first and greatest of the devotional books written in the Stone-Campbell movement. Its message is as powerful and relevant today as it was in the mid-1800s.

Introduced and edited by C. Leonard Allen ... Read more

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College Physics, Second Edition is the best solution for today's college physics market. With a unique, new, approach to physics that builds a conceptual framework as motivation for the physical principles, consistent problem solving coverage strategies, stunning art, extensive end-of-chapter material, and superior media support, Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson delivers a product that addresses today's market needs with the best tools available. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (6)

better than no solutions manual
this manual does not have all the answers or explanations to them. the detail is poor, and none of the conceptual questions or multiple choice have answers at all. it helps sometimes, but comes up short often.

Is the $20 price for the text book or solution manual
Is the $20 price for the solution manual or is it actually for the text book. Please highlight me before i make a purchase. Email me as soon as possible.

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beware
hey, notice it is only the second half of the book, equals second semester or phys 2b or something, i made the mistake of buying it and i needed part one... anywho

Excellent help
This book was a great help while taking the course to better understand problems and answers.

College Physics
The best and the fastest service. On top of these, the seller spent his own additional money( $2.61) for the shipping.

Thank you Mr. John W. Carter. I and my daughter really appreciate you for this.

God bless you. ... Read more