DNA and Destiny: Nature and Nurture in Human Behavior

by R. Grant Steen

Overview

The Bell Curve has sparked a fiery debate over the origins of human intelligence and the roots of human behavior. Does nature determine intelligence so completely that we should give up on the disadvantaged? Or can intelligence and positive human behavior be fostered by intellectual nourishment and emotional support? In short, to what degree is DNA our destiny?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306452604
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Pages:	295
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Dr. R. Grant Steen is currently studying brain cancer at the St. Judge Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He is an expert in tumor physiology and tumor cell biology, and his research interest is the metabolic imaging of cancer. He employs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to estimate tumor perfusion, in an effort to predict tumor drug delivery. He received his doctorate from the University of California at Los Angeles, and he was furthur trained in research at the California Institute of Technology and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He taught at the University of Washington, where he was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and of Bioengineering, and he has written more than 25 papers which appeared in scientific journals.

Editorial Reviews

A satisfying overview of such topics as heritability of traits, environmental influences, sexual orientation, and mental illness.

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