Behave by Robert M Sapolsky

Behave by Robert M Sapolsky

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.

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.

Sapolsky is a research associate at the National Museum of Kenya's Institute of Primate Research and a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University. He wrote A Primate's Memoir and The Problem with Testosterone, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in San Francisco and is a regular contributor to Discover and The Sciences, as well as a MacArthur Foundation genius award recipient.

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ISBN 13	9780143110910
ISBN 10	0143110918
Title	Behave
Author	Robert M Sapolsky
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2018-05-01
Number of pages	800
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