Cronin, Helena


Dr Helena Cronin  

Department

Position held

Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS)

Co-Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science

Darwin@LSE

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Research Associate, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science

Experience keywords:

sexual selection; feminism; animal behaviour; sex differences; evolution; human nature; human evolution; Darwinism; human behaviour

Languages:

French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7954

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2008

Cronin, Helena and Curry, Oliver (2008) Darwinism's fantastic voyage. The Lancet, 372 (Supplement 1). ISSN 0140-6736

2006

Cronin, H. (2006) The battle of the sexes revisited. In: Grafen, Alan and Ridley, Mark, (eds.) Richard Dawkins: how a scientist changed the way we think. Reflections by scientist writers and philosophers.. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 14-26. ISBN 0199291160

2005

Cronin, H. (2005) The vital statistics. The guardian, ISSN 0261-3077

Cronin, Helena (2005) Adaptation: a critique of some current evolutionary thought. The quarterly review of biology, 80 (1). pp. 19-26. ISSN 0033-5770

2003

Cronin, H. (2003) Evolutionary psychology. In: Baggini, Julian and Stangroom, Jeremy, (eds.) What philosophers think. Continuum, London, UK, pp. 32-41. ISBN 0826461808

Cronin, Helena (2003) Getting human nature right. In: Brockman, J, (ed.) The new humanist: science at the edge. Barnes & Noble Books, New York, US, pp. 53-65. ISBN 0760745293

2000

Cronin, H. (2000) Getting human nature right: a talk with Helena Cronin. Edge, 73 ISSN 1350-1593

Cronin, H. (2000) Pity poor men: if labour wants to save the family, they should focus on fathers. The guardian, ISSN 0261-3077

Cronin, Helena and Curry, Oliver (2000) The evolved family. In: Wilkinson, H., (ed.) Family business. Demos, London, UK, pp. 151-157. ISBN 1841800058

Cronin, Helena (2000) A moment or a lifetime? In:.

1999

Cronin, H. (1999) Il pavone e la formiga: selezione sessuale e altruismo da Darwin a oggi. Saggiatore, Milan, Italy.

1997

Cronin, H. (1997) It's only natural. Red pepper, 38 (21). ISSN 0964-4954

Cronin, H. (1997) The evolution of evolution. Time, 92 (9). ISSN 0040-781X

1995

Cronin, Helena (1995) La hormiga y el pavo real: el altruismo y la seleccion sexual desde Darwin hasta hoy. Editorial Norma, Bogota, Colombia.

Cronin, H. (1995) A formiga e o pavo: altruismo e seleçao sexual de Darwin ate hoje. Papirus editora, Campinas, Brasil. ISBN 8530803043

1994

Cronin, H. (1994) True lies [Review of By the Grace of Guile: The role of deception in natural history and human affairs, Rue, L. (1994), New York, Oxford University Press]. The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331

1993

Cronin, Helena (1993) Oh, those bonobos! [review of Small, M.F., Female choices: Sexual behavior of female primates, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993]. The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331

1992

Cronin, Helena (1992) What do animals want? [review of Griffin, D. R., Animal minds, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992]. The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331

Cronin, H. (1992) Sexual selection: historical perspectives.. In: Keller, E.F. and Lloyd, E.A., (eds.) Keywords in evolutionary biology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, U.S., pp. 286-293. ISBN 0674503120

1991

Cronin, Helena (1991) The origins of evolution [review of Desmond, A. and Moore, J., Darwin, London: Michael Joseph, 1991]. London Times educational supplement, ISSN 0040-7887

Cronin, H. (1991) Lofty contempt for nature's left buttock [Review of Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in natural history, Gould, S. J. (1991), London, Hutchinson Radius]. London Daily Telegraph, ISSN 0307-1235

Cronin, H. (1991) Down blind alleys on Freud's trail [Review of Darwin's influence on Freus: a tale of two sciences, Ritvo, L.B. (1991), New Haven, Yale University Press]. Daily telegraph, ISSN 0307-1235

Cronin, H. (1991) The ant and the peacock: altruism and sexual selection from Darwin to today. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0521457653

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