A SEPARATE CREATION; The Search For The Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation

Burr, Chandler

ISBN 10: 0786882409 / ISBN 13: 9780786882403

Published by Hyperion, NY, 1996

About this Item

ix+354pp., notes, glossary and index. The first comprehensive book to look at the revolutionary new research being carried out that challenges accepted beliefs about the basis of sexuality. Primarily , the author focuses on the biological research for what makes us gay or straight. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A SEPARATE CREATION; The Search For The Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation
• Publisher: Hyperion, NY
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786882409
• ISBN 13: 9780786882403
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • HOMOSEXUALITY
  • GAY

About this title

Synopsis

An investigation of the biological origins of sexual orientation examines the latest breakthroughs in the fields of neurobiology, endocrinology, and genetics.

Review

If there is one lesson to be taken away from reading this report on "the search for the biological origins of sexual orientation," it's that science at its best is always an ongoing process. Combining profiles of the top researchers of sexual orientation with straightforward explanations of the results of their experiments in neurobiology, genetics, and other fields, Burr provides a fascinating glimpse of men and women for whom science is not the pursuit of definitive answers about the way things are, but the motivation for constant questions. He also gives them a voice to vent frustration at the ways their research has been misrepresented by non-scientists trying to fit objective data into subjective moral and ethical arguments.