Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals - Brossura

Sapolsky, Robert M.

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ISBN 10: 0743260163 ISBN 13: 9780743260169

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2006

Riassunto

A collection of original essays by a leading neurobiologist and primatologist shares the author's insights into behavioral biology, in a volume that focuses on three primary topics, including the physiology of genes, the human body, and the factors that shape human social interaction. By the author of A Primate's Memoir. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"A combination of Oliver Sacks and David Foster Wallace. . . . Sapolsky is that professor whose classes were impossible to get into, the courses where the students had an infuriatingly good time while they were learning, the ones where the students were inspired to become scientists." (Los Angeles Times)

"A hit. . . . Sapolsky lets his obsessive curiosity wander amiably . . . Chases after answers to such puzzles with jovial abandon." (New York Times Book Review)

"The prose is perfectly pitched: Sapolsky writes in a jocular, entertaining style without ever pandering to the presumed ignorance of his readers. " (The Guardian (London))

"Sapolsky ranges wherever his formidable curiosity leads . . . Each essay brings its own unexpected delight . . ." (Publisher's Weekly (starred review))

L'autore:

Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He lives in San Francisco.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743260163
• ISBN 13: 9780743260169
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223