At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating Mind marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing–and radical–explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that ...(展开全部)

A closer look at genealogy, incorporating how biological, anthropological, and technical factors can influence human lives We are at a pivotal moment in understanding our remote ancestry and its implications for how we live today. The barriers to what we can know about our distant relatives have been falling as a result of scientific advance, such as decoding the genomes of hum...(展开全部)

If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is t...(展开全部)

戴维·巴斯，得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校心理学系教授，在人类择偶策略的科学研究领域，巴斯享有很高的声望，是进化心理学领域的集大成者。 巴斯已经出版了9部著作，发表了200多篇学术论文，同时获得过众多奖项，包括美国心理学会（APA）颁发的心理学早期生涯杰出科学贡献奖和斯坦利·霍尔奖。他还在世界范围内广泛发表演讲，并多次作为人类择偶策略方面的专家出现在电视科学纪录片和突发新闻故事中。

Are we “noble in reason”? Perfect, in God’s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a “kluge,” a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind -- think duct tape, not supercomputer -- t...(展开全部)

Are we “noble in reason”? Perfect, in God’s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a “kluge,” a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind -- think duct tape, not supercomputer -- t...(展开全部)

David Buss updates his classic study of the origin of human mating behavior with fascinating new research. If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, says noted psychologist David Buss, we must look into our evolutionary past. Based on the most massive study of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing mo...(展开全部)

拉马钱德兰博士是美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校脑和认知研究中心教授兼主任，也是拉霍亚（La Jolla）索尔克生物学研究所副教授。他被《新闻周刊》（Newsweek）提名为21世纪中最值得关注的100名重要人物之一，2011年《时代（Time）》杂志在其“时代100精英（Time 100）”中把他列为“世界上最有影响力的人物”之一。他获得过许多奖项，其中包括荷兰的阿里恩斯-卡珀斯（Ariens-Kappers）奖章、澳大利亚国立大学金质奖章，牛津万灵学院（All Souls College, Oxford）董事，并受到许多媒体的专访。他和他的家人居住在加利福尼亚州的德尔马（Del Mar）。 布莱克斯利（Sandra Blakeslee）是《纽约时报》的获奖科学作家。她和沃勒斯坦（Judith Wallerstein）博士合著的《第二次机会（Secon...(展开全部)

拉马钱德兰博士是美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校脑和认知研究中心教授兼主任，也是拉霍亚（La Jolla）索尔克生物学研究所副教授。他被《新闻周刊》（Newsweek）提名为21世纪中最值得关注的100名重要人物之一，2011年《时代（Time）》杂志在其“时代100精英（Time 100）”中把他列为“世界上最有影响力的人物”之一。他获得过许多奖项，其中包括荷兰的阿里恩斯-卡珀斯（Ariens-Kappers）奖章、澳大利亚国立大学金质奖章，牛津万灵学院（All Souls College, Oxford）董事，并受到许多媒体的专访。他和他的家人居住在加利福尼亚州的德尔马（Del Mar）。 布莱克斯利（Sandra Blakeslee）是《纽约时报》的获奖科学作家。她和沃勒斯坦（Judith Wallerstein）博士合著的《第二次机会（Secon...(展开全部)