Mean Genes: Can We Tame Our Primal Instincts? - Brossura

Burnham, Terry; Phelan, Jay

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743430093 ISBN 13: 9780743430098

Casa editrice: Pocket Books, 2003

Riassunto

This text takes a look at why our toughest battles are often with ourselves. It uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, the endless search for love and happiness. It reveals that the struggles for self-improvement are battles against our own genes, the genes that helped our ancestors flourish but are selfish and out of place in an industrial world. Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the connections between genes and behaviour; they offer steps for improving the quality of our lives.

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Recensione:

'Mean Genes is brilliant-well-grounded evolutionary biology, clear-eyed realism, and advice that is both practical and moral. Delightfully readable' - E.O. Wilson
'Short, sassy and bold ... An intrepid investigation into the biological nature of temptation and the struggle for control, MEAN GENES answers these and other fundamental questions about human behaviour while giving us an edge to lead satisfying lives'
BURTON MAIL
'Intelligent, well-researched...amusing'
WHAT'S ON IN LONDON
'Warning! You will not be able to put this book down! It will change your life. A witty, wise and irreverent work by two highly regarded scholars' IRVEN DEVORE, PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND BIOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
'Humorous, startling and provocative, MEAN GENES offers expert behavioural science and a radical view of the meaning of life' RICHARD WRANGHAM, CO-AUTHOR OF DEMONIC MALES
'Hip, fun, and packed with attitude, MEAN GENES is a laser-guided surgical strike in the self-control battles we fight every day. Burham and Phelan not only unmask the devil inside us, they hand us the tools to disarm him' ROBERT FRANK, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND AUTHOR OF LUXURY FEVER

L'autore:

Terry Burnham is an economics professor at Harvard where he studies the Darwinian origin of economic behaviours. He has worked on Wall Street and co-founded Progenics, a biotechnology firm with promising treatments for cancer and AIDS. Jay Phelan is a biology professor at UCLA; his main area of research is evolutionary genetics and ageing. He has been featured on the BBC, as well as in magazines and newspapers.

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• Editore: Pocket Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743430093
• ISBN 13: 9780743430098
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272