| Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire-- Two Evolutionary Psychologis Contributor(s): Miller, Alan (Author), Kanazawa, Satoshi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399534539 ISBN-13: 9780399534539 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: In their lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes behavior, Miller and Kanazawa reexamine some of the most popular and controversial topics of modern life, and shed a whole new light on why people do the things they do. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Psychology | Evolutionary Psychology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 155.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.54" W x 8.16" (0.51 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now available in paperback?a provocative new look at biology, evolution, and human behavior ?as disturbing as it is] fascinating? (Publishers Weekly). Why are most neurosurgeons male and most kindergarten teachers female? Why aren't there more women on death row? Why do so many male politicians ruin their careers with sex scandals? Why and how do we really fall in love? This engaging book uses the latest research from the field of evolutionary psychology to shed light on why we do the things we do?from life plans to everyday decisions. With a healthy disregard for political correctness, Miller and Kanazawa reexamine the fact that our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission? an inescapable human nature that actually stopped evolving about 10,000 years ago. |