Recensione:
Looking beyond the clichés, veterinary surgeon and reproductive biologist David Bainbridge, who teaches at Cambridge, sets out to discover what middle age is and what it is for . Most of us could have a pretty good stab at the first question, but the latter is where Middle Age gets interesting. Middle age is uniquely human and therefore, evolutionarily speaking, must serve a purpose. Bainbridge's answer lies in the size of the brain and our need for food and ideas with which to feed it ... a fascinating idea. --Financial Times
Fascinating ... In almost every area of his research, Bainbridge proposes several possible, sometimes contradictory, answers. As is the way with evolutionary theories, this often raises more questions than it answers, which could be annoying but is actually thought-provoking and should certainly shed some new light on one's own potbellied or menopausal mid-life crisis. --Evening Standard
There's lots of good news for the middle aged ... A very jolly book with clear scientific explanations --Daily Telegraph
L'autore:
DAVID BAINBRIDGE was trained in veterinary surgery and zoology at Cambridge University, where he now teaches Clinical Veterinary Anatomy. He is the author of four previous books: on pregnancy, on the biology of sex and sexuality, on the brain, and most recently Teenagers (Portobello, 2009).www.davidbainbridge.org
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