Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
Robert M.
Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology at Stanford University and bestselling author of The Biology of Good and Evil, presents a brilliant collection of essays on various aspects of behavioral biology. Is testosterone the cause of aggression, or does the level of this hormone increase with aggressive behavior, is it only people who have a passion for peeping, can stress kill and what can we do to survive, which parts of the brain are associated with sexual orientation and what affects the timing of puberty in adolescents, and also why we leave our parents, how are behavior and social status related, why do we feel bad when we get sick, and how much "I" can live in one body? The author considers such diverse and fascinating questions in detail from a scientific point of view, clarifying them concisely, with humor and reinforcing the results of large-scale studies and experiments. Sapolsky is precise and witty, his reasoning is deep and at the same time very understandable, he is not only a wonderful scientist, but also a talented writer. This book, highlighting the universal connectedness of the inhabitants of the Earth, is yet another proof of this.
