Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Verlag | Penguin US |
Auflage | 2018 |
Seiten | 800 |
Format | 14,0 x 21,5 x 4,3 cm |
Gewicht | 670 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | New York Times Bestseller |
ISBN-10 | 0143110918 |
EAN | 9780143110910 |
Bestell-Nr | 14311091EA |
New York Times bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year
It s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I ve ever read. David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal
"It has my vote for science book of the year. Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
"Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I ve read in years. I loved it." Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post
From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do?
Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky a neuroscientist and primatologist uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.