Harajuku Lovers

Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Paperback by Sapolsky, ...

Description: Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Paperback by Sapolsky, Robert M., ISBN 0143110918, ISBN-13 9780143110910, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The New York Times Bestseller

“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 scienc of the year.” Parul Sehgal, The New York Times

"Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal 


From 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?

Sapolskys storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a persons 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.
 
And so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. A behavior occurs--whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between. What went on in a persons brain a second before the behavior happened? Then Sapolsky pulls out to a slightly larger field of vision, a little earlier in time: What sight, sound, or smell caused the nervous system to produce that behavior? And then, what hormones acted hours to days earlier to change how responsive that individual is to the stimuli that triggered the nervous system? By now he has increased our field of vision so that we are thinking about neurobiology and the sensory world of our environment and endocrinology in trying to explain what happened.

Sapolsky keeps going: How was that behavior influenced by structural changes in the nervous system over the preceding months, by that persons adolescence, childhood, fetal life, and then back to his or her genetic makeup? Finally, he expands the view to encompass factors larger than one individual. How did culture shape that individuals 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 dhorizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted, a majestic synthesis that harvests cutting-edge research across a range of disciplines to provide a subtle and nuanced perspective on why we ultimately do the things we do...for good and for ill. Sapolsky builds on this understanding to wrestle with some of our deepest and thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, morality and free will, and war and peace. Wise, humane, often very funny, Behave is a towering achievement, powerfully humanizing, and downright heroic in its own right.

Price: 18.31 USD

Location: Jessup, Maryland

End Time: 2024-01-02T09:57:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD

Product Images

Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Paperback by Sapolsky, ...

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Return policy details:

Book Title: Behave : the Biology of Humans AT Our Best and Worst

Item Length: 8.4in

Item Height: 1.8in

Item Width: 5.4in

Author: Robert M. Sapolsky

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Life Sciences / Neuroscience, General, Life Sciences / Biology, Criminology

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Psychology, Science, Social Science, Philosophy

Item Weight: 21.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 800 Pages

Recommended

How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Profe - GOOD
How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Profe - GOOD

$3.93

View Details
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

$19.59

View Details
The Classroom Management Secret: And 45 Other Keys to a Well-Behave - GOOD
The Classroom Management Secret: And 45 Other Keys to a Well-Behave - GOOD

$4.46

View Details
Why Cant I Get My Kids to Behave - Paperback By Link, Carla - GOOD
Why Cant I Get My Kids to Behave - Paperback By Link, Carla - GOOD

$4.73

View Details
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? - Paperback By Fritz, Jean - GOOD
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? - Paperback By Fritz, Jean - GOOD

$4.12

View Details
EUFORASTYLE BEHAVE 6.8 OZ
EUFORASTYLE BEHAVE 6.8 OZ

$28.00

View Details
The Well-Behaved Child: Discipline That Really Works! by Rosemond, Dr. John
The Well-Behaved Child: Discipline That Really Works! by Rosemond, Dr. John

$4.88

View Details
Eufora Behave Styling Cream 7.25 oz
Eufora Behave Styling Cream 7.25 oz

$21.95

View Details
Milo Montez Boy Homme doll & Metal Head Fashion Style Lab Miss Behave Conv MIB
Milo Montez Boy Homme doll & Metal Head Fashion Style Lab Miss Behave Conv MIB

$299.00

View Details
Aquage Biomega Behave Hair Smoothing Elixir 5 oz ~ Lot of 2
Aquage Biomega Behave Hair Smoothing Elixir 5 oz ~ Lot of 2

$21.89

View Details