Laurent, John (Angus) 1947-

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LAURENT, John (Angus) 1947-

PERSONAL: Born February 22, 1947, in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia; son of Robert Oscar (an agronomist) and Gladys Jean (a podiatrist) Laurent. Education: University of Queensland, B.A., 1976, B.Sc., 1979; Griffith University, B.Sc. (with honors), 1980, Ph.D., 1984. Politics: Labour Religion: Anglican Hobbies and other interests: Roman history.

ADDRESSES: Home—1/84 Rita St., Holland Park, Queensland 4121, Australia. Offıce—School of Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.


CAREER: Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia, lecturer in science and technology. Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Affairs, warden of Aboriginal relics.


MEMBER: Linnean Society (fellow).


WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Philip C. Candy, and contributor) Pioneering Culture: Mechanics' Institutes and School of Art in Australia, Auslib Press (Adelaide, Australia), 1994.

(With Martin Bridgstock, David Burch, and others) Science, Technology, and Society: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press (Melbourne, Australia), 1998.

Darwinism and Evolutionary Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing (Northampton, MA), 2001.

Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature, Edward Elgar Publishing (Northampton, MA), 2003.


WORK IN PROGRESS: Evolutionary Psychology: Critical Issues; A History of Australian Manufacturing; A History of Redcliffe State High School.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journal of Sociology, March, 1999, Jane Azevedo, review of Science, Technology, and Society: An Introduction, p. 116.

Libraries and Culture, spring, 1999, Norman Horrocks, review of Pioneering Culture: Mechanics' Institutes and School of Art in Australia, p. 197.