The price of altruism
Subtitle: George Price and the search for the origins of kindness
By: Oren Harman
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780393067781
Description: Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's flat.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-427) and index.