The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780070431744 (0070431744)
Publish date: January 1st 1967
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Pages no: 255
Edition language: English
Morris makes a great song and dance about the 'outrage' with which his book was first received. Why, he wonders, are people so resistant to contemplating, in the cool light of scientific 'objectivity', their 'animal nature'? However, Morris' claim to neutrality is highly suspect. He urges us to lear...
Desmond Morris's 1967 science bestseller NAKED APE deserves some credit for being ahead of its time, but 46 years later, the avalanche of more readable, and more information dense works has notably diminished its appeal. not an absolute horrible read, at the same time, the book can't be recommended ...
I don't know what sort of re-packaged edition I read originally, but it was a short, coffee-table sized hardback, with full-sized, four-colour photos of women's pupils dilating. It seems men automatically find the same photo of a woman, but with larger pupils, more attractive. I thought I'd discover...
Riveting read. Sure puts everything in perspective.
Fun to read and full of interesting speculations, but basically unscientific. I disagree with almost all of his conclusions. He tends to invent just-so stories, and then act like they're proven fact rather than what they are... interesting speculation. Still a good page turner that is a lot of go...
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