Funny, serious, important essays about how the human animal functions.
Robert M. Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant'. His previous books includes the international bestseller Behave- The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, The Trouble with Testosterone, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and A Primate's Memoir.
The prose is perfectly pitched: Sapolsky writes in a jocular,
entertaining style without ever pandering to the presumed ignorance
of his readers. And he expresses infectious enthusiasm, especially
when he is reporting on new experiments performed by colleagues in
his field
*Guardian*
Sapolsky, who has a weakness for Martian jokes, is a bona fide
boffin, but he looks beyond the lab for his case studies,
assembling a cast that includes Sandra Bullock and a love-struck
baboon named Jonathan. This highly readable book will both inform
and enlarge your appreciation of the mystery of existence
*Mail on Sunday*
The author of Monkeyluv, an entertaining collection of essays about
humans and animals, is also a luminary among that rare breed - the
funny scientist. These essays on genetic wars between men and
women, dreams, bad moods, ambiguity and stress are...a combination
of Oliver Sacks and David Foster Wallace
*Los Angeles Times*
Sapolsky gives us these and many more intriguing gene factoids, but
he also explains the elaborate nature/nurture interactions in which
they are embedded...the book is a witty blend of anecdote and
analysis
*Daily Mail*
Fascinating
*Sunday Times*
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