Following his highly praised and bestselling book Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, Matt Ridley has written a brilliant and profound book about the roots of human behavior. Nature via Nurture explores the complex and endlessly intriguing question of what makes us who we are. </p> In February 2001 it was announced that the human genome contains not 100...(展开全部)

One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pin...(展开全部)

Why is a forgery worth so much less than an original work of art? What's so funny about someone slipping on a banana peel? Why, as Freud once asked, is a man willing to kiss a woman passionately, but not use her toothbrush? And how many times should you baptize a two-headed twin? "Descartes' Baby" answers such questions, questions we may have never thought to ask about such uni...(展开全部)

A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In his new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, an...(展开全部)

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us . . . at the very most, they whisper suggestions." He argues that human nature is not so much the result of genetic coding; rather, it is heavily influenced by cultural conditioning and environmental factors. With personal an...(展开全部)

埃力克（1932— ），美国生物学家、生态学家、人口统计学家、教育家。1957年获堪萨斯大学博士学位，现为斯坦福大学生物科学系人口学教授、保护生物学中心主任。1968年因《人口炸弹》一书、提出人口增长与有限资源的告诫而成名。他是美国科学院院士、美国艺术与科学院院士，2012年当选伦敦皇家学会会员。获约翰·缪尔奖、克拉夫奖（生态学的“诺贝尔奖”）、世界生态学奖、蓝色星球奖、杰出生态学家奖等众多奖项。有《蝴蝶与星球》、《生物学与社会》、《种族炸弹》、《地球》、《新世界，新思维》、《对科学和理性的背叛》及《钢索上的人类》等三十余部著作。尽管他的预言饱受争议，他仍然坚信人口过多对人类生存和地球环境构成直接威胁。

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. His book How Children Learn the Meaning of Words won the Award for Excellence from the Association of American Publishers. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect objects to obey principles of physics, and they're startled when things disappear or defy gravity. Yet they can also read emotions and respond with anger, sympathy, and joy. In Descartes' Baby , Bloom draws on a wealth of sc...(展开全部)

"A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." -Oliver Sacks In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases-from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions, ...(展开全部)

Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain.V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking...(展开全部)