Description
"Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read."-Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil "Entertaining and thought-provoking."-Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe. David Barash is the author of The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary's Ovaries. He lives in Redmond, Washington.
Media exposure, author appearances and reviews: Barash, the author of over 20 books--many of which were published by major trade book presses, including, most recently, The Survival Game (Times Books) and Madame Bovary's Ovaries (Delacorte)--and more than 200 articles. He has had many editorials published by the LA Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and is a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has had vast experience with radio and print media across the country. Member of the faculty of the University of Washington, Barash is regularly invited to academic conferences around the world and is highly regarded by his peers.
About the Author
David Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington, is the author of over 20 books (among them Natural Selections, The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary's Ovaries) and over 200 articles. One of the earliest proponents of "sociobiology" in the 1970s, now know as "evolutionary psychology" or "evolutionary biology," he remains among its most articulate popularizers.
Book Information
ISBN 9781934137055
Author David P. Barash
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bellevue Literary Press
Publisher Bellevue Literary Press
Weight(grams) 397g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 18mm
Media exposure, author appearances and reviews: Barash, the author of over 20 books--many of which were published by major trade book presses, including, most recently, The Survival Game (Times Books) and Madame Bovary's Ovaries (Delacorte)--and more than 200 articles. He has had many editorials published by the LA Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and is a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has had vast experience with radio and print media across the country. Member of the faculty of the University of Washington, Barash is regularly invited to academic conferences around the world and is highly regarded by his peers.
About the Author
David Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington, is the author of over 20 books (among them Natural Selections, The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary's Ovaries) and over 200 articles. One of the earliest proponents of "sociobiology" in the 1970s, now know as "evolutionary psychology" or "evolutionary biology," he remains among its most articulate popularizers.
Book Information
ISBN 9781934137055
Author David P. Barash
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bellevue Literary Press
Publisher Bellevue Literary Press
Weight(grams) 397g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 18mm
