The Social Network film
Extraits
Informatique
TCP/IP UNLEASHED
The Unleashed series takes you beyond the average discussions of the technology, giving you practical advice and in-depth coverage. With these extensive guides, you'll obtain the skills, understanding, and breadth of knowledge to unleash the full potential of TCP/IP.
Detailed information on how to...
• Configure Windows, UNIX, Macintosh, and Linux machines to use TCP/IP
• Access the Internet using PPP and SLIP
• Manage networks with SNMP and MIBs
• Secure your TCP/IP applications
• Use TCP/IP with other network operating systems such as NetWare
• Use TCP/IP utilities such as Telnet and FTP
• Configure local area networks
• Troubleshoot network problems
• Use DHCP, WINS, DNS, and NFS
12/1999
Religion
Polygonal Interface Problems
The aim of this volume is to extend some of the classical results of Kondratiev, Maz'ya-Plamenevskii, Grisvard and Dauge, about the singular behaviour of the weak solution of a boundary value problem in a nonsmooth domain to the setting of boundary value problems on a two-dimensional polygonal topological network (roughly speaking it is a network such that each face is a polygon). Some mechanical phenomena were recently described by boundary value problems on such networks : let us quote vibrating folded membranes, composite plates, folded plates, junctions in elastic multi-structures. In view to numerical applications, the singularities, as well as their coefficients (the so-called stress intensity factors) are described explicitly. The obtained decomposition into regular and singular parts also leads to the Fredholm property of the associated operator between appropriate Sobolev spaces.
08/1993
Sociologie
Experiencing Same-Sex Marriage
This book provides an understanding of how the legal and cultural debates and advances and limitations on same-sex marriage are experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people, same-sex couples, and their social networks. Using data collected from hundreds of GLBT people, same-sex couples, and their social networks over the past decade, the book examines the following topics : same-sex marriages' impact on how GLBT individuals view their relationships and community ; same-sex couples' decision making regarding whether to marry or not ; the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their families-of-origin regarding same-sex marriage ; the same-sex marriage experiences of understudied members of the GLBT community ; and the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their social networks in locations with restrictions against legally recognized same-sex marriage. These findings are examined through the lens of the social scientific study of relationships. They are based on a communication studies perspective on personal relationships, and therefore emphasize communication concepts and theories relevant to the understanding of same-sex marriage experiences.
01/2014
BD tout public
Doctor Gachet's portrait
A picture named "Doctor Gachet's portrait" has been stolen a night from a museum. Immediately, the news offer the event and our heroes start the research after some clue that leads them to the thief. After travelling across some countries following his trace, they realize that a smuggling network is behind the robbery, led by minister Goring. Among their loot is an enormous amount of pictures stolen from private collectors, with the aim of transporting and hiding them beyond their frontiers.
01/2014
Anglais apprentissage
Agrégation anglais. Howards End (E. M. Forster, J. Ivory) : Beyond Heritage. Edition 2021
Reading Forster's novel and Ivory's film together gives a stunning opportunity to re-assess the representation of Pre-World War One modernity. Far from presenting Edwardian England as a golden period, Howards End explores social structures, social mobility, real estate, the ambivalent relation to culture and new technological modes of communication and transport. Stylistically, the novel breaks new ground with its Protean narrative voice, and transitions towards Modernism with its mythic, musical method. The eponymous house becomes a metaphor for ecological balance, a new kind of extended family structure, a network of connections and a new sense of community. If Howards End as a novel reinvents literary legacy and redefines personal and national heritage, Ivory's adaptation must also be reassessed as so-called heritage cinema, far from the clichés of a purely aesthetic approach. It is no period piece or marketable commodity meant to toe a conservative line, but a carefully woven creative transposition, which also raises social and gendered questions.
10/2019
Cinéma
David Fincher ou l'heure numérique
De Seven à The Social Network, le statut de David Fincher a changé mais son obsession est restée la même : montrer les puissances et les cauchemars d'un monde livré aux forces du numérique.
10/2011
Informatique
MAXIMUM LINUX SECURITY. A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation, CD-Rom included
Maximum Linux Security.- A Hackers Guide to Protecting Your Linux Server and Workstation is designed for system administrators, managers, or Linux users who wish to protect their Linux servers and workstations from unauthorized intrusions and other external threats to their systems' integrity.
Written by an experienced hacker-someone who knows which systems are Vulnerable and how crackers get into them-this unique guide to Linux security identifies existing and potential security holes and faults, and then describes how to go about fixing them.
• Learn in-depth configuration tips and techniques to help eliminate security threats to your Linux-based computer or network.
• Discover common Linux System holes and cracking techniques.
• Explore both commercial and open source programs and utilities that can help identify and solve security weaknesses.
• Learn about the wide array of tools that crackers have at their disposal to penetrate your Linux system.
• Find out how to safely configure and run many popular Linux-based applications and services, including Sendmail, Apache, FTPd, and many more.
• Utilize technologies such as SSL and MD5 to create a secure computing environment for yourself and your users.
CD-ROM includes
A comprehensive collection of Linux security products:
• Intrusion detection tools-including HortSentry and HostSentry from the Abacus Project
• Sniffers and electronic monitors-including the Ksniff sniffer for K Desktop Environment and COLD
• Network management tools-including Cistron RADIUS server and Linux Virtual Server toolkit
• Scanners and host assessment tools-including SATAN and the saint network security scanner
• Firewall tools-including EDGE Router Project tools and Mason
• Encryption tools-including Linux FreeS/WAN Project.
12/1999
Bibliothèque verte
The Batman. Le préquel du film
A Gotham City, le jeune Bruce Wayne, le " gosse de riches " , n'a aucune idée de ce qu'il veut faire de sa vie. Mais une chose est sûre, il ne reprendra pas l'entreprise florissante de son père. Ce qu'il aime, lui, ce sont les bolides et la vitesse. Dans son refuge souterrain, il met au point un véhicule ultraperfectionné, tout en rêvant à un avenir meilleur. Au fond de lui, il sent déjà cette soif de justice qui fera de lui... Batman.
02/2022
Non classé
Syntactic Variation and Unconscious Linguistic Change
By examining adjectival relative clauses in the dialect of Dorset, in the Southwest of England, this volume illustrates how contemporary British dialects can contribute to our understanding of (unconscious) linguistic change. The analysis, which is based upon tape-recorded interviews with numerous informants, as well as written dialect imitations extracted from a variety of sources, shows that dialectal relativization is governed by an intricate network of both linguistic and non-linguistic (i.e. regional, social, stylistic) factors. The corpus has been incorporated in its entirety and perfectly lends itself for further dialectological research.
04/1993
Sociologie
Serial social. Confessions dune assistante sociale
Voici le premier témoignage d'une assistante sociale en France. Elle montre à travers des anecdotes et de nombreux témoignages les aberrations d'un système qui se mord la queue et qui n'aurait plus de protecteur que le nom. S'appuyant sur son parcours professionnel, sa pratique et ses rencontres, l'auteure essaie de donner des mots, des visages et du concret à notre système de protection sociale.
04/2014
Poches Littérature internation
La dorade me donne le hoquet. Chroniques
Un garçon de neuf ans qui écrit des critiques gastronomiques, une étudiante obsédée par le génocide bosniaque qui s'immisce dans la vie amoureuse de son jeune frère, un adepte de la théorie des genres qui tente de séduire une femme dans un bar... Des personnages farfelus, des situations absurdes, des textos, des lettres, des pamphlets, Jesse Eisenberg, l'acteur caméléon (The Social Network, Café Society, Batman v Superman), explore avec humour et tendresse les tares de notre monde.
09/2018
Autres films pour enfants
Paw Patrol The Movie : L'album du film
La Pat' Patrouille part en mission à Aventureville : Monsieur Hellinger a été élu maire et il provoque de nombreuses catastrophes ! Les chiots vont devoir travailler en équipe avec l'aide d'une nouvelle amie pour réussir leur sauvetage.
08/2021
Généralités
Women's voices. echoes of life experiences in the alps and the plain (17th -19th centuries). Actors, Networks, and Socio-Cultural Activities
The volume is centred on the voices of women belonging to various generations, religious faiths and social classes, and presents a range of possible life courses for women in the Alps during the ancien régime and the early 19th century. Focusing on complex lived experiences that have emerged froma gender-conscious reading of the sources, the contributions illustrate how migration led women to take on roles of responsibility, or to follow their husbands in their careers as artists, traders and businessmen. There also emerges a widespread literacy that is combined with practical skills andknowledge marked by biological, legal and religious preconceptions : features that permeated the communities studied, where ties of family, religion and patronage prevail upon the dichotomy of public sphere/private sphere.
10/2023
Philosophie des sciences
Les intelligences artificielles au prisme de la justice sociale. Considering Artificial Intelligence Through the Lens of Social Justice
Cet ouvrage collectif s'inscrit dans le cadre des travaux de la Chaire justice sociale et intelligence artificielle Abeona-ENS-OBVIA. Il propose une réflexion multidisciplinaire sur les enjeux des usages de l'intelligence artificielle, mais surtout à partir d'une perspective de justice sociale. Le concept de justice sociale permet d'inclure des dimensions, principalement saisies par les sciences sociales et humaines, qui ne sont pas traditionnellement associées aux technologies d'intelligence artificielle. Cela permet alors d'appréhender des dimen- sions telles que la justice et l'équité, mais aussi la solidarité ou encore la dignité ; ces dimensions constituent de puissants outils de changement social lorsqu'ils sont mobilisés par différents acteurs. Les contributions de cet ouvrage mettent en évidence des réflexions quant à la mise en place de conditions sociétales et de pistes d'action pour un déploiement des technologies d'intelligence artificielle en respect des sociétés humaines.
11/2023
Télévision, radio
Trajectoires d'Aaron Sorkin. Biographie et analyse de son oeuvre
Scénariste star (les séries A la Maison-Blanche (The West Wing) et The Newsroom, les films Des hommes d'honneur et The Social Network), dramaturge à succès et depuis peu réalisateur (Le Grand Jeu en 2017 et Les Sept de Chicago en cette fin d'année 2020), Aaron Sorkin collectionne les honneurs et les récompenses. Ses qualités de dialoguiste sont aujourd'hui majoritairement reconnues - "sans doute le meilleur de notre époque" selon Damon Lindelof, co-créateur de Lost, de The Leftovers et de Watchmen -, chacune de ses oeuvres nourrit le débat. Ses deux premières séries, Sports Night et A la Maison-Blanche, ont participé à la constitution de l'âge d'or télévisuel des années 2000. Pourtant, certains de ses propos (sur les femmes, sur Internet...) et de ses comportements (auprès de ses équipes de scénaristes) ont jadis suscité la controverse. Aaron Sorkin est un personnage public, un auteur très bien établi dans le paysage hollywoodien. Ce livre, le premier en français qui lui est consacré, se veut à la fois une biographie et une analyse de son style, volubile, omniscient, inspiré par les comédies américaines des années 30 et 40. Depuis William Shakespeare jusqu'aux films de Frank Capra, ses influences sont multiples et transversales. Tentons de les cerner en compagnie de Jed Bartlet, de Mark Zuckerberg, de Mackenzie McHale et de Molly Bloom.
01/2021
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
The elements. The air he breathes
THE AIR HE BREATHESThe Elements livre 1Retrouveront-ils goût à la vie ? Premier volume d'une série de 4 titres de Brittainy Cherry, 4 standalones qui se lisent de manière indépendante, dont chaque volume correspond aux 4 éléments de l'univers : l'air, le feu, l'eau, et la terre. The Air He Breathes #1 (L'air)Fire Between High & Lo #2 (Le Feu)The Silent Waters #3 (L'eau)The Gravity of Us #4 (La terre) Tout le monde m'avait avertie au sujet de Tristan Cole. Garde tes distances avec lui me disait-on. Il est cruel. Il est froid. Il est bousillé. C'est facile de juger un homme sur son passé. De regarder Tristan et de ne voir en lui qu'un monstre. Mais je n'ai pas pu réagir de la sorte. J'ai reconnu la désolation qu'il portait parce qu'elle était comparable à celle qui m'habitait et je l'ai acceptée. Lui et moi nous étions des coquilles vides. Nous étions tous deux à la recherche d'autre chose. De quelque chose de plus. Nous voulions tous deux recoller les morceaux éparpillés de nos passé respectifs. C'était peut-être la condition pour que nous puissions finalement réapprendre à respirer. " Certains auteurs vous murmurent directement au coeur, et leurs mots ne vous quittent plus jamais. Brittainy C. Cherry en fait partie. On ne résiste pas au charme de The Air He Breathes. " San Francisco Chronicle
03/2024
Ecrits sur l'art
Discovering the Impressionists. Memoirs of Paul Durand-Ruel
Paul Durand-Ruel redefined the role of the art dealer. An exceptional entrepreneur and precursor of the international art market scene, he established a network of galleries between Paris, London, Brussels, and New York, and organized international traveling exhibitions. The first to recognize the talent of the Barbizon School artists and then the impressionists, and confident in his role championing their art, Paul Durand-Ruel established the careers of visionary artists including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, and Mary Cassatt. This book-fully revised and updated by the Durand-Ruel estate-is an indispensable reference for understanding the artistic circles and the art market of the nineteenth century. Retracing the dealer's life from 1831 to 1922, it features more than sixty illustrations including archival documents and reproductions of works of art, a selection of articles and letters, a list of the principal exhibitions and paintings he displayed, as well as a biographical timeline, family tree, and indexes to key figures, artists, and artworks.
04/2024
Sociologie
Social et médico-social : les nouvelles règles du jeu. L'année de l'action sociale 2011
Avènement de la Direction générale de la cohésion sociale (DGCS), création des agences régionales de santé (ARS), reconfiguration des services déconcentrés de l'Etat (DRJSCS, DDCS). Le secteur social et médico-social a vécu, en 2010, un grand chambardement sur le plan institutionnel. Les règles du jeu ont changé ! Il convient de les maîtriser. Pour les organisations et les professionnels, 2011 constitue donc une année d'appropriation des réformes nées de la loi "Hôpital, patients, santé et territoires" (HPST). Ainsi, depuis le 1er août 2010, une nouvelle procédure d'autorisation des établissements et services sociaux et médico-sociaux par appels à projets est entrée en vigueur. Quel est l'impact de ce nouveau dispositif ? 2011 marque les premiers pas dans le secteur médico-social de l'Agence nationale d'appui à la performance des établissements de santé et médico-sociaux (ANAP). Quid du tableau de bord de pilotage des établissements et services médico-sociaux conçu par cette agence ? Depuis fin 2010, les établissements et services connaissent, enfin, le calendrier des évaluations, interne et externe, auxquelles ils doivent se soumettre. L'Année de l'Action sociale 2011 réunit les meilleurs spécialistes pour analyser les évolutions en cours et vous aider à mieux appréhender l'avenir du secteur.
04/2011
Informatique
UNDERSTANDING NETWORKED APPLICATIONS
This one-of-a-kind, class-tested textbook introduces the possibilities arising from the convergence of computing and communications technologies to students who don't have an information technology background. By combining the appropriate technical detail with illustrative examples, nontechnical issues, review sections, discussion items, and exercises, it empowers students to envision how networked computing applications con support individuals, groups, and organizations. Whether students are preparing for careers in business, information management, education, low, or public policy, no other book equips them with the broad understanding needed to effectively exploit these powerful technologies. Features. Thoroughly explains the use of networked computing in collaboration, information retrieval, education, business, and e-commerce. Covers a brood range of subjects including applications - their acquisition, the supporting technical infrastructures (architecture, security, databases, middleware, network, and communications), and performance - as well as important industry, economic, and policy issues. Provides supplementary materials via a companion Web site, links to other relevant Web sites, and additional resources for instructors.
11/1999
Informatique
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE GAME PC
Today's PC games look better, sound better, and play better than ever before. But, they can also push your PC to its performance limits-and beyond. Take a trip down technology road with Computer Gaming World Contributing Editor Loyd Case as he shows you how to wring out the maximum gaming performance from your PC. Along the way, you'll learn a little about the inner workings of computer games, become a smart shopper when upgrading your PC, and become adept at building a souped up gaming system with. the components of your choosing.
• Learn the ins and outs of 3D graphics technology, positional audio, and DirectX
• Get help choosing that new 3D graphics card, CPU, or other hardware
• Discover how to build or upgrade your own hot rod gaming rig
• Tune up your PC for maximum gaming punch
• Learn how to use the Internet for adrenaline-pumping, multi-player games
• See how to set up your own local area network for LAN gaming parties
12/1999
Histoire internationale
Socially Embedded Exchange
This monograph presents theoretical and empirical analyses of competitive exchange systems with potentially incomplete network relations between rational actors. Its basic idea is that these relations affect individual trading opportunities. The analyses show that asymmetrical access patterns between market participants have important effects for the outcomes of transactions and structural features of exchange systems.
09/1993
Psyhologie sociale
8 films pour comprendre la psychologie sociale
La psychologie sociale étudie les processus mentaux liés aux interactions sociales ? : les questions de la soumission à l'autorité, celle du handicap et de l'inclusion, les mécanismes relationnels, les jeux de pouvoir entre groupes et individus, le poids des normes et des représentations... Et si on (re)découvrait ? : - les changements de paradigme sociétal avec le film Men In Black ? ; - l'escroquerie et la manipulation dans le film A l'origine ? ; - la question de l'allégeance à l'obéissance dans I comme Icare... 1 film + 1 spécialiste = 1 concept-clé expliqué ! La psychologie sociale n'aura plus aucun secret pour vous !
02/2023
Economie
Time Sensitivity of Passengers and Market Structure in the Airline Industry
The international airline industry is characterized by radical changes in regulation and firm behavior. Open-sky agreements abolish market entry restrictions, and global strategic alliances replace the government controlled national carriers. With deregulation and the restructuring of firms still in progress, the future design of market structures cannot easily be predicted. Will airlines behave competitively or is there danger of collusion ? Do large networks lead to monopoly supply ? And what are the effects of open skies on consumer welfare ? Roland Fischer answers these questions by developing an economic model that combines traditional monopoly and oligopoly theory with specific features of air transport markets, like hub-and-spoke systems and passengers' valuation of time. The theoretical results are completed by case studies, which illustrate firm behavior and the development of market structures in an increasingly liberal environment.
07/1997
Littérature française
Les inventeurs. Essai
What do Christopher Columbus, Reneke, Zénobe Gramme and Louis Pasteur have in common ? They were all inventors. Well fine, but who invented the crab's claw, the suction cups and the flight of squids or the proboscis of blood sucking insects ? Is invention intellectual fantasy, an industrial tool or a fundamental biological reaction ? How is this riddle to be solved ? Should we go through the list of inventions or inventors ? Is it a question of circumstances or motivations ? Who is in charge ? The Material or the Spirit ? In order to try to find a way of answering these questions, first a few very different inventors and their inventions will be presented. A few paradoxes emerge from this first part. Then we will devote an entire chapter to an exceptional inventor whose extraordinary work revolutionized how we now approach this topic. Finally, what can be said about all the inventions like the wings of birds or butterflies, the eyes of fish or insects, the leaves of trees or the social organization of beehives ? In these cases, man is not the inventor. There are countless marvels like these in the world around us. Can we explain them ? This will be the subject of the third part of this essay.
02/2017
Autres personnages
Paw Patrol - La Pat' Patrouille le film Tome 2 : The Mighty movie. L'histoire du film
Stella s'est toujours trouvée trop petite. Mais lorsqu'Aventureville est menacée par la terrible Vee Vance, elle fera tout pour prouver son courage et sa valeur.
10/2023
Lecture 6-9 ans
L'énigme du sabre. Edition bilingue français-anglais
C'est dimanche et comme souvent Louise et Arthur viennent rendre visite à leur grand-mère. Ils aiment bien y aller, elle joue avec eux et leur raconte plein d'histoires. Mais aujourd'hui, elle n'a pas le temps et les deux cousins s'ennuient. Alors, ils décident de grimper dans le grenier où sont entreposés de vieux souvenirs et objets abandonnés. Ils y ont déjà été, mais maintenant ils sont plus grands et peut-être trouveront-ils un trésor qu'ils n'avaient pas aperçu, lors de la dernière visite. Après un long moment de recherche, dans un coin, Louise découvre une malle poussiéreuse. Les deux cousins, l'ouvrent et entrevoient un sabre avec une inscription. Une trouvaille qui va les mener jusqu'à l'école militaire de Saint Cyr de Coëtquidan, sur les traces de leur grand père. It's a Sunday and often as not, Louise and Arthur go and visit their grandmother. They like to go there, she plays with them and tells them lots of stories. But this Sunday she does not have the time, so the two cousins are bored. They decide to climb up into the attic, where old memorabilia and abandoned objects are stored. They have been there before, but now that they are taller, maybe they will find a treasure they did not see during their last visit. After a long moment of searching, in a corner, Louise discovers a dusty trunk. The two cousins open it and see a sword with an inscription. A discovery that will lead them to the military school at Saint Cyr de Coëtquidan, in the footsteps of their grandfather.
06/2018
Droit
Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work
Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the "right to work", which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced ? After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model : the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee.
06/1987
Sociologie
Émulations n°19 : Perspectives on Social Movements. Voices from the South
L'étude des mouvements sociaux dans les sciences sociales a pris un nouvel essor après les vagues de contestations révolutionnaires et les mouvements Occupy de notre décennie. L'intuition au départ de ce numéro thématique est que notre compréhension de ces mouvements est limitée par le caractère eurocentrique des catégories et concepts forgés pour les analyser. Il est par ailleurs incontestable que de nombreux mouvements sociaux importants aujourd'hui se développent d'abord au Sud avant de se globaliser. Les coordinateurs de ce numéro d'Emulations privilégient une approche des mouvements sociaux depuis le Sud et par des chercheurs du Sud. Ce changement d'optique est nécessaire pour comprendre, avec de nouveaux outils intellectuels, les dynamiques de ces mouvements qui dessinent notre avenir commun. Ce numéro thématique rassemble des études empiriques des mouvements observés en Amérique latine, en Afrique et en Amérique du Nord, en espérant que ces contributions puissent ouvrir un nouvel horizon théorique pour comprendre nos sociétés en mouvement.
01/2018
Non classé
Brides on Sale
Beginning in the 1990s large numbers of women from Mainland China and Southeast Asia married men in Taiwan. They now number over 400,000, warranting some to call them "Taiwan's Fifth Ethnic Group". This book argues that the rise of these marriages is a gendered and relational phenomenon, linked to the forces of globalization. Traditional ideas of marriage, such as the belief that a woman "marries out" of her natal family to be dependent upon her husband and his family, and the idea that a man should "marry down" to a woman of a lesser social and economic status, have not kept pace with changes in women's educational and career opportunities. How these relationships are formed, how they impact gendered understandings of women and men, how families are constituted and relationships developed, and how they affect the children of these families and their education, are the issues explored in this book. It breaks new ground in our understanding of transnational and cross-border marriages by looking at the long-term effects of such marriages on communities, families, and individuals.
04/2015
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
WHY SEX MATTERS. A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior
Why are men, like other primate usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? Why is killing infants routine in some cultures, but forbidden in others? Why is incest everywhere taboo? Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so.
Low begins by reviewing the fundamental arguments and assumptions of behavioral ecology: selfish genes, conflicts of interest, and the tendency for sexes to reproduce through different behaviors. She explains why in primate species-from chimpanzees and apes to humans-males seek to spread their genes by devoting extraordinary efforts to finding mates, while females find it profitable to expend more effort on parenting. Low illustrates these sexual differences among humans by showing that in places as diverse as the parishes of nineteenth-century Sweden, the villages of seventeenth-century China, and the forests of twentieth-century Brasil, men have tended to seek power and resources, from cattle to money, to attract mates, while women have sought a secure environment for raising children. She makes it clear, however, they have not done so simply through individual efforts or in a vacuum, but that men and women act in complex ways that involve cooperation and coalition building and that are shaped by culture, technology, tradition, and the availability of resources. Low also considers how file evolutionary drive to
acquire resources leads to environmental degradation and warfare and asks whether our behavior could be channeled in more constructive ways.
Why Sex Matters is a compelling work of biology, sociology, and anthropology and a penetrating study of the deep motivations that underlie individual and social behavior.
01/2000
