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Survival of the Beautiful
Art, Science, and Evolution
By Rothenberg, David
- ISBN
- 978-1-60819-216-8
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Pr., dist. by Macmillan
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
A trained musician, Rothenberg (philosophy & music, New Jersey Inst. of Technology; Thousand-Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound) became curious about the aesthetics of animals as he shared duets with aviary birds. As he considered extravagant beauty, like birdsong, Rothenberg came to question scientists' traditional insistence that evolution serves functionality. In contrast, Rothenberg proposes the idea of aesthetic sel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
