364pp., x. NAP. Notes, pp. 297-347; Index, pp. 348-364. Black cloth with brilliant metallic magenta lettering on spine. Light yellow, magenta and black dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with tinted bifurcated photo-portrait of Oscar Wilde, split by black spine for magenta title lettering above blue author name lettering, the left-half of portrait tinted magenta (over front cover yellow background), right half of portrait tinted blue (over rear cover yellow background); black band across lower fourth front cover, wrapping around across rear cover, with title lettering in magenta, above author name lettering in blue at bottom front cover. 1/2" closed tear down rear cover top left edge (backed with archival tape); faint sunning (diminished light yellow) at top right corner front cover, stretching down the right front cover edge (gradually diminishing, leaving unimpacted yellow from about midpoint down edge to black), similar, but even lesser effect at rear cover top left corner and inside panel, diminishingly, down book and panel edge: describes much worse than it is, NO dramatic fading, only very subtle, which, along with tear, are now generously forgiven by Brodart mylar. Book itself is flawless: tight binding, sharp corners, NO rubbing wear, NO corner curls, NO remainder marks. Clean text. Unread.

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Title: Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research into Homosexuality
Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA London
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0262121999
ISBN 13: 9780262121996
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Argues scientific research shows homosexuality is not merely a set of behaviors anyone might show, but that homosexuals are a distinct group of people, and discusses the social implications

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Simon LeVay is particularly well known for his 1991 report in Science, which described a difference in brain structure between gay and heterosexual men. The report stirred up a considerable debate about the biological basis of sexual orientation, both in the scientific community and among the general public. In 1992, LeVay left his faculty position at the Salk Institute to co-found the Institute of Gay and Lesbian Education, an adult education school located in West Hollywood. His previous books are The Sexual Brain and City of Friends: A Portrait of the Gay and Lesbian Community in America (with Elisabeth Nonas).

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