WebRichard Dawkins FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An atheist, he is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design.. Dawkins first came to …

WebThe MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative …

WebRichard Dawson B. R. Wise: 1880–81 George Curzon: John Sargeaunt: Charles White: 1881–82 Edward Horsburgh John Hamilton: A. N. Cumming: 1882–83 Michael Sadler: W. H. Shaw: Halford Mackinder: 1883–84 John Pemberton: A. Dyson Williams William Worsley 1884–85 Cosmo Lang: George Vidal: George Bellewes 1885–86 Robert Cecil

WebThomas Hobbes (/ h ɒ b z / HOBZ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse …

WebThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is a 2011 book by Steven Pinker, in which the author argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short run and suggests explanations as to why this has occurred. The book uses data simply documenting declining violence across time and geography. ...

WebBehavioral economics studies the effects of psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors on the decisions of individuals or institutions, such as how those decisions vary from those implied by classical economic theory.. Behavioral economics is primarily concerned with the bounds of rationality of economic agents.Behavioral models typically …

WebMemetics is the study of information and culture based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution.Proponents describe memetics as an approach to evolutionary models of cultural information transfer.Memetics describes how an idea can propagate successfully, but doesn't necessarily imply a concept is factual. Critics contend the theory is "untested, …

WebSex differences in crime are differences between men and women as the perpetrators or victims of crime.Such studies may belong to fields such as criminology (the scientific study of criminal behavior), sociobiology (which attempts to demonstrate a causal relationship between biological factors, in this case biological sex and human behaviors), or feminist …

WebHoneyguides (family Indicatoridae) are near passerine birds in the order Piciformes.They are also known as indicator birds, or honey birds, although the latter term is also used more narrowly to refer to species of the genus Prodotiscus.They have an Old World tropical distribution, with the greatest number of species in Africa and two in Asia.

WebPrimaten hebben een grote, gewelfde schedel, die in het bijzonder prominent aanwezig is bij de apen (Simiiformes). De schedel beschermt de grote hersenen, een ander onderscheidend kenmerk binnen deze groep. Het schedelvolume is bij mensen drie keer zo groot als bij de grootste niet menselijke primaat als gevolg van grotere hersenen. Het …