Monkeyluv

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<p>Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity.</p><p>In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into the human condition to tell us who, why and how we are.<i>Monkeyluv</i>touches on themes such as sexuality, aggression, love, parenting, religion, ageing, and mental illness. He ponders such topics as our need to seek out beauty; why our preferences in food become fixed; why we are sexually attracted to one another; why Alzheimer's disease tends to be a post-menopausal phenomenon; and why grandmothers buying groceries for their grandchildren are part of nature's Darwinian logic.</p>

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Robert M. Sapolsky holds degrees from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities and is currently a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University and a Research Associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. He is the author of<i>The Trouble with Testosterone</i>,<i>Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers</i>(both finalists for the<i>LA Times</i>Book Award), and<i>A Primate's Memoir</i>(also published by Cape). A regular contributor to<i>Natural History</i>,<i>Discover</i>,<i>Men's Health</i>, and<i>Scientific American</i>, and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant, Sapolsky lives in San Francisco.

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