Oren Harman and The Price of Altruism

Oren Harman is the author of "The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness". It is the moving tale of one man's quest to crack the mystery of altruism, an evolutionary enigma that has haunted scientists since Darwin.

IN STORES JUNE 2010.
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Oren Harman, who has a doctorate from Oxford University, is the Chair of the Graduate Program in Science Technology and Society at Bar Ilan University and a professor of the history of science. He is the author of "The Man Who Invented the Chromosome", a documentary film maker, and a frequent contributor to The New Republic. He lives in Tel Aviv and New York.

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• harman
• george price
• kindness
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[cmsalvagio]

Great synopsis of the life of the most brilliant and brilliantly misunderstood man that very few have ever heard of.

[2bsirius]

The deep story in the book, selfishness, ego and competition pitted against the impulse toward an irrational altruism, created a compulsive reading experience.

After finishing it, I went to St Pancras Cemetery to visit Price's unmarked grave

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"The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." ~George Eliot

[ihrduf]

can't wait to read it

[roeegilron]

I wish the book was out now - I can't wait to get my hands on this!

[ifoundmykey]

@orenharman :-) Indeed you shoud! It sounds very insightful! Besides, rumor has it that the writer is gifted in all so many ways...

[glebmelk]

Wow, very interesting!

[orenharman]

Looks fascinating! I'd love to read this book!!