David P Barash: 11 books
Buddhist Biology
Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Many high-profile public intellectuals -- including "New Atheists" like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and the late Christopher Hitchens -- have argued that religion and science are deeply antagonistic, representing two world views that are utterly incompatible. David Barash, a renowned biologist...
Madame Bovary's Ovaries
A Darwinian Look at Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
What can elephant seals tell us about Homer’s Iliad?
How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare?
What do bloodsucking bats have to do with John Steinbeck?
MADAME BOVARY’S OVARIES
A Darwinian Look at Literature
According to evolutionary psychologist David Barash and his daughter Nanelle,...
Through a Glass Brightly
Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. This viewpoint--a persistent paradigm of our own unique self-importance--is as dangerous as it is false. In Through a Glass...
Out of Eden
The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
In this changing world of what is socially and politically "correct," polygamy is perhaps the last great taboo. Over the last thousand years, monogamy - at least in name - has been the default setting for coupledom and procreation in the Western world. And yet, throughout history, there have been...
The Survival Game
How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
From a zoologist and psychologist, an astonishing look at the biological and strategic roots of human decisions
Humans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide...
Gender Gap
How Genes and Gender Influence Our Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Let's face it, say Barash and Lipton: Males and females, boys and girls, men and women are different. To be sure, these differences are often heightened by distinctions in learning, cultural tradition, and social expectation, but underpinning them all is a fundamental difference that derives from...
Payback
Why We Retaliate, Redirect Aggression, and Take Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
From the child taunted by her playmates to the office worker who feels stifled in his daily routine, people frequently take out their pain and anger on others, even those who had nothing to do with the original stress. The bullied child may kick her puppy, the stifled worker yells at his children:...
Homo Mysterious:Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects...
by David P. Barash, Charles P. Webel
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of the gold standard text explores historical and current topics in today’s rapidly changing world to provide a comprehensive introduction to peace and conflict studies. Authors David P. Barash and Charles P. Webel offer an insightful analysis of 21st-century...
Natural Selections
Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
“Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven...
Strength Through Peace
How Demilitarization Led to Peace and Happiness in Costa Rica, and What the Rest of the World can Learn From a Tiny, Tropical Nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Costa Rica is the only full-fledged and totally independent country to be entirely demilitarized. Its military was abolished in 1948, with the keys to the armory handed to the Department of Education. Socially, Costa Rica is a success story. Although 94th in the world for GDP, it is in the top 10...