Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animals - Hardcover

Sapolsky, Robert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743260155 ISBN 13: 9780743260152

Publisher: Scribner, 2005

Synopsis

A collection of original essays by a leading neurobiologist and primatologist shares the author's insights into behavioral biology, in a volume that focuses on three primary topics, including the physiology of genes, the human body, and the factors that shape human social interaction. By the author of A Primate's Memoir. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"One of the best scientist-writers of our time."

-- Oliver Sacks

"The author İis¨ a luminary among that rare breed -- the funny scientist."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Wry, witty prose...each essay brings its own unexpected delight."

-- "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

"A hit . . . Sapolsky lets his obsessive curiosity wander amiably. . . . Most compelling when the animal behavior he is reckoning with is our own." -- "The New York Times Book Review"

"One of the best scientist-writers of our time." -- Oliver Sacks

"The author [is] a luminary among that rare breed -- the funny scientist." -- "Los Angeles Times"

"Sapolsky writes in a jocular, entertaining style without ever pandering to the presumed ignorance of his readers." -- "The Guardian" (London)

"Delightful in a way that science writing rarely is." -- "The Denver Post"

About the Author:

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. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743260155
• ISBN 13: 9780743260152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 209