论性的起源:关于我们星球人口分布的奇妙科学 On the Origin of Sex

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Profile Books

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 5 Mar. 2026

Edition ‏ : ‎ Main

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1805223283

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1805223283

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 560 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.2 x 3.8 x 24 cm

信息仅供参考，具体轻易实物为准。

书籍简介

2026年《新科学家》杂志推荐书目

“引人入胜……这本书会让你重新思考你对性的认知。”——凯特·博汉农

“一部扣人心弦的生物侦探故事。叙述精彩，引人入胜。”——查尔斯·福斯特

探索奇妙的繁殖科学——从青蛙和真菌到海马、麻雀以及介于两者之间的一切

让我们来聊聊性。不是枯燥乏味的人类性行为，而是自然界中其他生物无穷无尽、千姿百态且错综复杂的繁殖方式。

鞭尾蜥蜴和加州秃鹰能够进行无菌受孕，而草莓则是性别转换的“翻转者”。小丑鱼可以改变性别，而鬃狮蜥则会经历温度依赖性的性别逆转。就连不起眼的黏菌，其繁殖方式也可能涉及数百种交配类型——简直是一场盛宴。

孙立新数十年来致力于拓展我们对生殖的认知边界，涵盖了生殖的方方面面。事实证明，性远比我们想象的要复杂得多，也更令人大开眼界。

A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK PICK FOR 2026

'Fascinating ... this book will make you rethink what you thought you knew about sex' CAT BOHANNON

'A thrilling biological detective story. Brilliant told and relentlessly entertaining' CHARLES FOSTER

Explore the spectacular science of reproduction - from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in between

Let's talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly fascinating, varied and complex forms of reproduction that can be found in the rest of the natural world.

Whiptail lizards and California condors are capable of immaculate conception, while strawberries are reproductive flip-floppers. Clownfish can permanently change sex, while bearded dragons undergo temperature-dependent sex reversal. For the humble slime mould, sex can involve hundreds of mating types - a veritable bonanza.

Lixing Sun has spent decades expanding the bounds of what we know about reproduction, in all its many flavours. And as it turns out, sex is far more complex and eye-opening than we ever could have imagined.

作者简介

孙立新博士先在上海华东师范大学学习，后在纽约州立大学和雪城大学获得生态学、行为学和进化生物学博士学位。他目前是中央华盛顿大学的杰出研究教授。他已在科学期刊上发表或合作发表了60余篇研究论文，并为多部学术著作做出了重要贡献。此外，他还著有三部非大众读物，其中一部被《华尔街日报》和《纽约客》评为“每周最佳图书”。他于2024年荣获哈佛大学拉德克利夫奖学金。

Dr Lixing Sun first studied at East China Normal University in Shanghai before completing a PhD in ecology, behavior and evolution at the State University of New York and Syracuse University. He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor at Central Washington University. He has authored or coauthored over 60 research articles in scientific journals, and contributed extensively to a number of academic books, as well as authoring three non-trade books, the most recent of which was selected as a Book of the Week by the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker. He was awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship in 2024.