The Resource Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
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- Summary
- Why do we do the things we do? attempts to answer that question, looking at it from every angle. He hops back in time, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. The result is a dazzling tour of the science of human , 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 790 pages
- Contents
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- The behavior
- One second before
- Seconds to minutes before
- Hours to days before
- Days to months before
- Adolescence: or, Dude, where's my frontal cortex?
- Back to the crib, back to the womb
- Back to when you were just a fertilized egg
- Centuries to millennia before
- The evolution of behavior
- Us versus them
- Hierarchy, obedience, and resistance
- Morality and doing the right thing, once you've figured out what that is
- Feeling someone's pain, understanding someone's pain, alleviating someone's pain
- Metaphors we kill by
- Biology, the criminal justice system, and (oh, why not?) free will
- War and peace
- Isbn
- 9780143110910
- Label
- Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst
- Title
- Behave
- Title remainder
- the biology of humans at our best and worst
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert M. Sapolsky
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why do we do the things we do? attempts to answer that question, looking at it from every angle. He hops back in time, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. The result is a dazzling tour of the science of human , 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sapolsky, Robert M
- Dewey number
- 612.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP351
- LC item number
- .S27 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Neurophysiology
- Neurobiology
- Animal behavior
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Animal behavior
- Neurobiology
- Neurophysiology
- Label
- Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-773) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The behavior -- One second before -- Seconds to minutes before -- Hours to days before -- Days to months before -- Adolescence: or, Dude, where's my frontal cortex? -- Back to the crib, back to the womb -- Back to when you were just a fertilized egg -- Centuries to millennia before -- The evolution of behavior -- Us versus them -- Hierarchy, obedience, and resistance -- Morality and doing the right thing, once you've figured out what that is -- Feeling someone's pain, understanding someone's pain, alleviating someone's pain -- Metaphors we kill by -- Biology, the criminal justice system, and (oh, why not?) free will -- War and peace
- Control code
- 1703169
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 790 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143110910
- Lccn
- 2016056755
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1703169
- (OCoLC)953597944
- Label
- Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-773) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The behavior -- One second before -- Seconds to minutes before -- Hours to days before -- Days to months before -- Adolescence: or, Dude, where's my frontal cortex? -- Back to the crib, back to the womb -- Back to when you were just a fertilized egg -- Centuries to millennia before -- The evolution of behavior -- Us versus them -- Hierarchy, obedience, and resistance -- Morality and doing the right thing, once you've figured out what that is -- Feeling someone's pain, understanding someone's pain, alleviating someone's pain -- Metaphors we kill by -- Biology, the criminal justice system, and (oh, why not?) free will -- War and peace
- Control code
- 1703169
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 790 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143110910
- Lccn
- 2016056755
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1703169
- (OCoLC)953597944
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