"In this engaging, eminently readable, and frequently surprisingexploration of the human urge to build, Hersey invites us to viewarchitecture from an unaccustomed perspective-the perspective ofbiology... With this coupling of architecture and biology, Herseyis fully engaged in that Enlightenment spirit biologist E. O. Wilsoncalls 'the quest for the unity of knowledge.'" Norman Crowe , Department of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
George Hersey is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Evolution of Allure: Sexual Selection from the Medici Venus to the Incredible Hulk (MIT Press, 1996) and The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi (MIT Press, 1988).
"In this engaging, eminently readable, and frequently surprising exploration of the human urge to build, Hersey invites us to view architecture from an unaccustomed perspective - the perspective of biology.... With this coupling of architecture and biology, Hersey is fully engaged in that Enlightenment spirit biologist E. O. Wilson calls 'the quest for the unity of knowledge."' - Norman Crowe, Department of Architecture, University of Notre Dame; "A provocative, racy, seductive, yet rich and erudite essay." - Joseph Rykwert, Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania"
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