Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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DESCRIPTION : **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**Why do human beings behave as they do? 'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' He nry Marsh, bestselling author of And Finally.We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other?Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species.In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures?This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human?'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780099575061 BY (AUTHOR) Sapolsky, Robert M PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing PUBLICATION DATE : April 05, 2018 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Vintage LANGUAGE : English AGE : Tertiary Education PRODUCT FORM : DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 574 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Mathematics & Science Society & Social Sciences Show more