Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594205078 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 with his wife, two children and dogs. 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
Ehrlich, author of Human Natures. a wild and mind-opening ride into a better understanding of just where our behavior comes from. Darwin would have been thrilled.” —Richard Wrangham, The New York Times Book Review“Sapolskly’s new book is his magnum opus, but is also strikingly different from his earlier work, veering sharply toward hard science as it looms myriad strands of his ruminations on human behavior. In Behave, the primatologist, neurologist and science
Cutting Edge, Newest Science, Readable by us Average People The newest on brain science by the world wide expert, Robert Sapolsky. After watching a class taught by him on Great Courses, my husband and I felt he was a leading expert in his field. He also can hold an audience, keeping you interested by inserting anecdotes into what can sometimes be an overwhelming amount of scientific information. In this book, you will learn how much your "subconscious" runs your life. You will see that . Kindle Customer said Should be titled "Depends". This book describes the neurological processes of the brain. Most interesting was the numerous times that one's brain chemistry is doing something other than what you think you are thinking. For example you know that you are not prejudiced against the "other" but your brain knows better.For me a difficult read. Lots of unfamiliar terms and territory. The wonderful jokes and anecdotes greatly lightened the load. Their inclusion . "An Impressive Survey of What Makes Homo Sapiens Tick" according to Robert L. Moore. This is an impressive book. It’s a kind of encyclopedia of human nature, with the earlier chapters focused on the functions of different parts of the human brain and the later chapters focused on this brain’s behavioral consequences.Robert Sapolsky is nothing if not engaging in his writing style. He knows how to present complicated subject matter in easily digestible and logically coherent portions. And he has a sen
A behavior occurs--whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between. And so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. Barash, The Wall Street Journal"A quirky, opinionated and magisterial synthesis of psychology and neurobiologyDarwin would have been thrilled.” - Richard Wrangham, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do?Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. How did culture shape that individual's group, what ecological factors millennia old formed that culture? And on and on, back to evolutionary factors millions of years old. The result is one of the most dazzling tours d'horizon of the s