The brighter side of human nature
Subtitle: altruism and empathy in everyday life
By: Alfie Kohn.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Altruism; Empathy
Description: Chronicles how a green bird discovered by Spanish explorers was bred to have yellow feathers, and how amateur scientists Duncker and Reich started genetic engineering on the way to producing a red canary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-385) and indexes.