| Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things Contributor(s): Gonzales, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393337065 ISBN-13: 9780393337068 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: The author of the bestselling "Deep Survival" once again turns to the cutting edge of science to illustrate how people can best use the lessons of evolutionary history to overcomes the hazards of everyday life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 155.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.56" W x 8.22" (0.50 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Curiosity, awareness, attention," Laurence Gonzales writes. "Those are the tools of our everyday survival. . . . We all must be scientists at heart or be victims of forces that we don't understand." In this fascinating account, Gonzales turns his talent for gripping narrative, knowledge of the way our minds and bodies work, and bottomless curiosity about the world to the topic of how we can best use the blessings of evolution to overcome the hazards of everyday life. Everyday Survival will teach you to make the right choices for our complex, dangerous, and quickly changing world--whether you are climbing a mountain or the corporate ladder. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gonzales, Laurence: - Laurence Gonzales is the author of Surviving Survival, Flight 232, and the bestseller Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. He has won two National Magazine Awards and is a scholar at the Sante Fe Institute. He divides his time between Evanston, Illinois, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. |