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New Scientist: The Collection
New Scientist: The Collection, Vol. 2.3: Being Human
If there’s one thing we’re all expert at, it’s being human. It’s something we do 24/7 for our whole lives. So you can be forgiven for thinking that you know pretty much everything there is to know about being a member of the species we call Homo sapiens.
But do you? Consider these questions: where does our sense of self come from? Why are we so argumentative? What’s the secret of success? Why did we evolve to rely on friendship? What do our non-verbal signals really reveal?
Being Human is the inside story of what it means to be one of us.
It will lay bare the essence of human nature, our mind, body, self and emotions, and our relationships with one another and our possessions. There’s also the personal, including what makes you unique, what your voice says about you and how birth order influences your personality and health. This handbook to humanity will even reveal how you can make the best of being human. You’ll never see yourself in the same way again.
But do you? Consider these questions: where does our sense of self come from? Why are we so argumentative? What’s the secret of success? Why did we evolve to rely on friendship? What do our non-verbal signals really reveal?
Being Human is the inside story of what it means to be one of us.
It will lay bare the essence of human nature, our mind, body, self and emotions, and our relationships with one another and our possessions. There’s also the personal, including what makes you unique, what your voice says about you and how birth order influences your personality and health. This handbook to humanity will even reveal how you can make the best of being human. You’ll never see yourself in the same way again.
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233 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 20, 2015
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June 26, 2017
There’s perhaps not much to say about this collection: it’s much the same as the other New Scientist collections, in that it brings together a number of articles and features on a theme, using material from past issues. This is a bit more general than The Human Brain, of course, though it covers some of the same ground. If you read New Scientist religiously, none of this will be new to you; if you want to collect it in a more permanent form than the weekly issues, or grab one that’s on a specific topic, these are great for that.
To me, all of this is accessible, well explained and interesting. Your mileage may vary depending on what aspects of science interest you most.
Reviewed for The Bibliophibian.
To me, all of this is accessible, well explained and interesting. Your mileage may vary depending on what aspects of science interest you most.
Reviewed for The Bibliophibian.
Displaying 1 of 1 review