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Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health by Daniel Lieberman
Category: Science
In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have led to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. The answer, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and we are plagued by misconceptions and anxietie ...Show more
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health by Daniel Lieberman
Category: Health
In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagu ...Show more
The Evolution of the Human Head by Daniel E. Lieberman
Category: Science
In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely ...Show more
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Lieberman
Category: Non-Fiction
Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfectly logical" to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest? Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even ...Show more
The Molecule of More - How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativityaand Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Lieberman; Michael E. Long
Category: Non-Fiction
Why are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference? Why are some people die-hard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutio ...Show more
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
Category: Science
In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies. This ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspectiv ...Show more
The Story of the Human Body : Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel E. Lieberman
Category: Health
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