| The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior Contributor(s): Smoller, Jordan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061492191 ISBN-13: 9780061492198 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Physiological Psychology - Psychology | Personality - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 591.5 |
| LCCN: 2011040827 |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.4" W x 9.29" (1.25 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this enthralling work of popular science, respected Harvard psychiatrist Jordan Smoller addresses one of humankind's most enduring and perplexing questions: What does it mean to be "normal?" In The Other Side of Normal, Smoller explores the biological component of normalcy, revealing the hidden side of our everyday behaviors--why we love what we love and fear what we fear. Other bestselling works of neurobiology and the mind have focused on mental illness and abnormal behaviors--like the Oliver Sacks classic, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat--but The Other Side of Normal is an eye-opening, thought-provoking, utterly fascinating and totally accessible exploration of the universals of human experience. It will change forever our understanding of who we are and what makes us that way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smoller, Jordan: - Jordan Smoller is associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. |