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A brilliant investigation of why nature is beautiful and how art has influenced science, sure to stimulate readers of The Art Instinct.
The peacock`s tail makes me sick!` said Charles Darwin. That`s because the theory of evolution as adaptation can`t explain why nature is so beautiful. It took the concept of sexual selection for Darwin to explain that, a process that has more to do with aesthetic taste than adaptive fitness. Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin`s observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have an innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful. ISBN - 9781408830567
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Pages : 320
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