Download or read book Nature's Oracle written by Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.D.Hamilton was responsible for one of the major revolutions in evolutionary thought since Darwin - that of the 'gene's eye view of life'. He was a scientific pioneer, a misunderstood genius: risk-taker, jungle explorer, and uncompromising truth-seeker. This illuminating and moving biography documents Hamilton's extraordinary life and science.