Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about ...
The author of "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers"--"first-rate science for the nonscientist" ("Kirkus Reviews")--now treats readers to a sparkling and erudite collection of essays about science, the world, and humankind's relationship to both. Illustrations throughout.
In an exhilarating account of his 21-year study of a troop of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, Robert Sapolsky interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti--for man and beast alike.
In this collection of essays, all previously published in magazines such as the New Yorker and Discover, neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky explores the complex influence of genes, environment, the body, and society upon the individual personality. To put forward his points, he uses a variety of compelling examples from human, primate, and other ...
Part pure science and part humor, this book by stress expert Robert Sapolsky maintains that humans just were not cut out to deal with the stress of modern life. Citing scientific studies of animals and their reactions to stress impulses, Sapolsky posits the theory that humans are physically constructed to handle short-term adrenaline rushes, and ...
This memoir by a primatologist tells of his years of experience with, and great attachment to, baboons, as well as the many colorful two-legged primates he has encountered in his career.
Part pure science and part humor, this book by stress expert Robert Sapolsky maintains that humans just were not cut out to deal with the stress of modern life. Citing scientific studies of animals and their reactions to stress impulses, Sapolsky posits the theory that humans are physically constructed to handle short-term adrenaline rushes, and ...
When people burdened with stress start to feel bad physically, it is not just in their minds. Emotional crises bring on specific physical changes in the body. If those stress responses are prolonged or set in motion too often, the resulting wear and tear can lead to digestive and sleeping problems, heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, ...
Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity. In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into the human condition to tell us who, why and how we are. "Monkeyluv" touches on themes such as ...
In this collection of erudite essays on science, the world and our relation to both, behavioural biologist Robert Sapolsky interprets the peculiar drives and intrinsic needs of that most exotic species - homo sapiens.
Looking beyond the relationships between stress and physical illness, this book suggests that stress and stress-related hormones can also endanger the brain. Strategies to reduce stress and methods to protect neurons from further damage are proposed, and the relevance for humans of the animal research findings are clearly delineated. Sapolsky ...
This fascinating collection of essays exposes us as the animals that we are while explaining behaviours that are deeply and recognisably human. The first section, 'Our Genes and Who We Are', focuses on our genetic endowment and the forces it creates in our lives, such as our need to seek out beauty. Another essay explains the invisible genetic ...
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