Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts - Couverture souple

Burnham, Terry; Phelan, Jay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0142000078 ISBN 13 : 9780142000076

Editeur : Penguin Books, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Burnham Terry Phelan Jay

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Why do we want-and do-so many things that are bad for us? In Mean Genes Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan argue that we need to stop looking to Sigmund Freud for answers and start looking to Charles Darwin. Mean Genes reveals that our struggles for self-improvement are, in fact, battles against our own genes-genes that helped our distant ancestors flourish, but are selfish and out of place in the modern world. Using this evolutionary lens, Mean Genes brilliantly examines the issues that most affect our lives-body image, money, addiction, violence, and relationships, friendship, love, and fidelity-and offers steps to help us lead more satisfying lives.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Terry Burnham, Ph.D., is a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School. He co-founded Progenics, a publicly traded biotechnology firm with promising treatments for cancer and AIDS.
Jay Phelan, Ph.D., is a biology professor at UCLA. His main area of research is evolutionary genetics and aging.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0142000078
• ISBN 13: 9780142000076
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272