A beautifully crafted work about the biology of morality Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous MindĪ miraculous book, by far the best treatment of violence, aggression, and competition ever. Sapolsky leverages his deep expertise to ask the most fundamental questions about being human David Eagleman, author of IncognitoĪ great writer and a superb guide to human nature, Sapolsky shows you how all the perspectives and systems connect, and he makes you laugh and marvel along the way. Behave gives us the knowledge of how to manifest more of our best selves and less of our worst, individually and as a society Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of HabitĪs wide as it is deep, this book is colorful, electrifying, and moving. One of the finest natural history writers around The New York Times One of the best scientist-writers of our time Oliver Sacks It traces the most important story that can ever be told E O Wilson 'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks Read moreīehave is like a great historical novel, with excellent prose and encylopedic detail. This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human? In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other?Įvery act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of And Finally. A groundbreaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time' (Oliver Sacks)

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