Discovering Human Sexuality - Brossura

Levay, Simon; Baldwin, Janice; Baldwin, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0878934219 ISBN 13: 9780878934218

Casa editrice: Sinauer Associates Inc, 2009

Riassunto

This alternative version of LeVay and Baldwin's acclaimed text Human Sexuality is more accessible to students with a limited background in biology, but maintains the evidence-based approach and readability of the original. The language and terminology throughout are more comprehensible, making it suitable for interdisciplinary study.

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An alternative version of LeVay and Baldwin's acclaimed textbook, Human Sexuality that is more accesible to students with a limited background in biology

L'autore:

SIMON LEVAY, Ph.D. is a British-born neuroscientist turned science writer and teacher. He was educated at Cambridge University, UK and the University of Göttingen, Germany. In 1971, he moved to the United States. He has served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and has taught at Harvard, the University of California, and Stanford University, all USA. LeVay has authored over 40 scientific studies; the best known of these is a 1991 report in Science that described a difference in brain structure between heterosexual and homosexual men. This study helped spark a wealth of new research on the biology of sexual orientation. LeVay is the author or coauthor of nine books, some in the area of human sexuality and others on a broader range of scientific topics.

JANICE BALDWIN, Ph.D. is a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is co-author, with her husband John Baldwin, of numerous studies and articles in the area of sexuality and sex education, as well as the textbook Behavior Principles in Everyday Life, now in its fourth edition. The Baldwins co-teach an undergraduate Human Sexuality course that is regularly voted Best Course at UCSB. They also teach an advanced seminar course on the same topic. The Baldwins have been named as Best Professors on several occasions.

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• Editore: Sinauer Associates Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0878934219
• ISBN 13: 9780878934218
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 560