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Steven Rose
Steven Rose is a Neurobiologist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology;
and Director of Brain and Behaviour Research Group at the Open University. He
has written hundreds of research papers, as well as writing and editing a range of
books, including The Chemistry of Life, Science and Society,
The Conscious Brain; No Fire no Thunder, Not in our Genes;
Molecules and Minds, The Making of Memory, Lifelines
and Alas Poor Darwin.
He also is a regular writer and reviewer for such general access magazines as
New Statesman and New Scientist and national UK dailies.
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Books
Molecules and Minds: Essays on Biology and the Social Order
by Steven Rose
Steven Rose argues for a unified, non-reductionist approach to biology in an
engaging examination of the perceived tension between
nature-nurture, mind-brain, biology-culture. This book takes a refreshing look at
how science is pursued and its purpose and raises important questions about the
theories and techniques of modern biology.
Alas Poor Darwin: Escaping Evolutionary Psychology
Hilary Rose and Steven Rose (Editors)
There is a long history of scientists claiming that social institutions and
human behaviour will ultimately be understandable entirely in terms of the laws of
physics. Alas, Poor Darwin brings together writers from the natural and social
sciences
to attack these reductionist philosophies, in particular Evolutionary Psychology and
its sister sociobiology. Containing contributions from a range of writers including
Steven Jay Gould, Gabriel Dover, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Barbara Herrnstein Smith,
Patrick Bateson, Mary Midgley and Tom Shakespeare, this book has a wealth of excellent
essays covering everything from the meaning of the word instinct to weaknesses in the theory
of memes. However, while important specific criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology are
expounded the book fails to live up to its promise by providing a coherent critique
of this contentious subject.
The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind by Steven Rose
Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature
Steven Rose, Richard C. Lewontin, Leon J. Kamin
The Chemistry of Life by Steven Rose, Radmilla Mileusnic
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Useful Links
Amazon.co.uk: books by Steven Rose
The Third Culture: Steven Rose
Biography of Steven Rose
Playing God by Hilary and Steven Rose, The Guardian,
Thursday July 3, 2003
The political scientist
: The Guardian profile of Steven Rose, Dec 2001
Profile of Steven Rose, the Moral Maze, BBC radio 4
God’s Organism? The chick as a model system for memory studies
by Steven P R Rose
The measure of a man (June 2002), Steven Rose pays tribute to the life and work of
Stephen Jay Gould
Lifelines, Biology, Freedom, Determinism, 1997
A Conversation with Steven Rose (pdf file), EMBL Annual Report 2001/2002
Biology, Freedom, Determinism
from Lifelines : Biology Beyond Determinism,
human-nature.com
Darwin, Genes and Determinism
Steven Rose on BBC
Evolution Website
Steven Rose puts the organism back into biology (1998)
Don't mess
with human nature... Francis Fukuyama fears that biotechnology will make
monsters of us. Steven Rose weighs the evidence, June 1, 2002,
The Guardian
Terms
of endowment Steven Rose finds out a thousand more things about men
than he ever imagined asking in Steve Jones's Y: The Descent of Man
Saturday September 14, 2002,
The Guardian
No Way To Treat The Mind by
Steven Rose
The Descent of Man - The Voices
Palestine: Information with Provenance
Wars of the Roses by Helen Jacobus, The Jewish Chronicle (UK), January 31, 2003
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