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“david p barash”

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  • Threats

    Intimidation and Its Discontents

    by David P. Barash ...
    "It's a rare author who can combine literary erudition and an easy fluency of style together with expert knowledge of psychology and evolutionary biology. David Barash adds to all this a far-seeing wisdom and a humane decency that shines through on every page. The concluding section on the senseless and dangerous futility of nuclear deterrence theory is an irrefutable tour de force which should be ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Out of Eden

    The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy

    by David P. Barash ...
    In this changing world of what is socially and politically "correct," polygamy is perhaps the last great taboo. Over the last thousand years, monogamy - at least in name - has been the default setting for coupledom and procreation in the Western world. And yet, throughout history, there have been inklings that "one-man, one-woman" is an uncomfortable institution for human beings. The consistently ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories

    Evolutionary Enigmas

    by Judith Eve Lipton, David P. Barash ...
    The authors of Gender Gap: The Biology of Male-Female Differences take readers on "a joyride of intellectual discovery . . . full of provocative ideas" (Pepper Schwartz, author of Prime).So how did women get their curves? Why do they have breasts, while other mammals only develop breast tissue while lactating, and why do women menstruate, when virtually no other beings do so? What are the reasons ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buddhist Biology

    Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science

    by David P. Barash ...
    Many high-profile public intellectuals -- including "New Atheists" like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the late Christopher Hitchens -- have argued that religion and science are deeply antagonistic, representing two world views that are utterly incompatible. David Barash, a renowned biologist with forty years of experience, largely agrees with them, but with one very big exception: Buddhism. ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Madame Bovary's Ovaries

    A Darwinian Look at Literature

    by David P. Barash, Nanelle R. Barash ...
    What can elephant seals tell us about Homer’s Iliad?How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare?What do bloodsucking bats have to do with John Steinbeck?MADAME BOVARY’S OVARIESA Darwinian Look at LiteratureAccording to evolutionary psychologist David Barash and his daughter Nanelle, the answers lie in the most important word in biology: evolution. Just like every animal from mites to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Soul Delusion

    by David P. Barash ...
    The case against the soul-and why life is better without one.The soul, like the Christian notion of the devil, has increasingly become contested, even for traditional believers. Considered objectively, the soul is a strange notion, one entirely at odds with everything we know about how the world actually works. And yet belief in the soul persists, among both the religiously inclined and non ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Out of Eden

    The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy

    by David P. Barash ...
    In this changing world of what is socially and politically "correct," polygamy is perhaps the last great taboo. Over the last thousand years, monogamy - at least in name - has been the default setting for coupledom and procreation in the Western world. And yet, throughout history, there have been inklings that "one-man, one-woman" is an uncomfortable institution for human beings. The consistently ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Homo Mysterious:Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

    Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

    by David P. Barash ...
    For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • OOPS!

    The Worst Blunders of All Time

    by David P. Barash ...
    Travel through history and around the world to learn about the greatest mistakes, blunders, and bloopers of all time!Everyone makes mistakes and nearly everyone likes to know about them, especially when made by someone else! The Worst Blunders of All Time*: Shocking Tales from Pandora's Box to Putin's Invasion* presents some of our most notable blunders, from the silly to the consequential, from ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Survival Game

    How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition

    by David P. Barash ...
    "An accessible, intriguing explanation of game theory . . . can help explain much human behavior." — Seattle Post-IntelligencerHumans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide whether to muscle out or team up with the competition?In The Survival Game, psychology ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Homo Mysterious

    Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

    by David P. Barash ...
    For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Through a Glass Brightly

    Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are

    by David P. Barash ...
    Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. This viewpoint--a persistent paradigm of our own unique self-importance--is as dangerous as it is false. In Through a Glass Brightly, noted scientist David P. Barash explores the process by which science has, throughout time, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook