Human Instinct
How Our Primeval Impulses Shape Our Modern Lives
$39.15
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2003
Summary
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives.
From caveman to modern man…
Few people doubt that humans are descended from the apes; fewer still consider, let alone accept, the psychological implications. But in truth, man not only looks, moves and breathes like an ape, he also thinks like one.
Sexual drive, survival, competition, aggression - all of our impulses are driven by our human instincts. They explain why a happily married man will fantasize about the prett…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553814927 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553814923 |
| Author: | Professor Lord Robert Winston, Robert Winston |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2003 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
Wide-ranging and thoroughly entertaining
Wide-ranging and thoroughly entertaining * New Scientist *Devastaingly good…Every chapter bursts with clear logic, style, wit and imagination. * Brian May, Guitarist for Queen *
About The Author
Professor Lord Robert Winston
Robert Winston is one of the country’s best-known scientists. As Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, University of London, and Director of NHS Research and Development and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital, he has made advances in fertility medicine and been a leading voice in the debate on genetic engineering. His television series, including Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body, Superhuman and A Child Against All Odds have made him a household name across Britain. He became a life peer in 1995.
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