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Robert M. Sapolsky
Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He lives in... show more

Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He lives in San Francisco.
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Birth date: January 01, 1957
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Merle
Merle rated it 5 years ago
This brick of a book purports to be an interdisciplinary explanation of human behavior, drawing from biology, psychology, and sociology, and everything from primate studies to well-known works in various fields. It’s big, at 717 pages of actual text followed by references; it’s broad; and as such it...
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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 9 years ago
Robert Sapolsky is a Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and by courtesy, Neurosurgery, at Stanford University, and his main focus is studying primates and how us humans relate to them. This is a collection of well-written, candid, humorous and ...
Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 10 years ago
A nicely presented lecture on the nexus between psychology and neuroscience and the author never loses the listener with obscure names of brain regions, hormone names, or body parts.There is a theme the author presses through out the lecture and that is the conclusions are only as good as the data s...
elisas8
elisas8 rated it 16 years ago
this book was right up my alley. and i loved it. easily the best book i've read in a long while.
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 16 years ago
If you ever doubt that we humans share an ancestor with other primates, just read a bit about the behavior of male baboons! You may recognize your husband, president, son, or even yourself.Over a period of twenty years, Robert Sapolsky spent about three months of every year in Kenya observing the s...
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