A Primate's Memoir by Robert M Sapolsky
Book-smart and more than a little naive, Robert Sapolsky left the comforts of college in the US for a research project studying a troop of baboons in Kenya.
One of the most engrossing, exhilarating and irreverent books on Africa and its wildlife ever published * Financial Times *
Smart, stylish, distinctive.. A magnificent tale of morality among the hamfisted machiavellians * Independent *
Splendidly written and entertaining... ACE. Buy this book now * Scotsman *
Flies along like a well-paced and finely crafted novel...[giving] us a cast of characters as memorably colorful as any that Dickens ever created * Newsweek *
One of the best scientist-writers of our time -- Oliver Sacks
Smart, stylish, distinctive.. A magnificent tale of morality among the hamfisted machiavellians * Independent *
Splendidly written and entertaining... ACE. Buy this book now * Scotsman *
Flies along like a well-paced and finely crafted novel...[giving] us a cast of characters as memorably colorful as any that Dickens ever created * Newsweek *
One of the best scientist-writers of our time -- Oliver Sacks
Robert Sapolsky is Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University, and a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. He lives in San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099285779 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099285770 |
| Title | A Primate's Memoir |
| Author | Robert M Sapolsky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Aventis Prize for Science Books 2002, Short-listed for Natural World Book of the Year 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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