The Red Queen

Paperback by Matt Ridley. Sex and the evolution of human nature. Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internet predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture-including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. More detailed description on photo 2. Isbn 978-0-06-055657-0. Inside is clean and white covers have some very minor wear on the a few edges and corners. Has some very minor indentation.