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Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jesse BeringPublish date:2012-07-03Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scientific AmericanISBN-13:9780374532925ISBN-10:374532923UPC:9780374532925Book Category:Medical, Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Physiology, Anthropology, NeuropsychologySize:8.29 x 5.55 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC3JE44Q7Z

Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does "free will" really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway?

In Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?, the research psychologist and award-winning columnist Jesse Bering features more than thirty of his most popular essays from Scientific American and Slate, as well as two new pieces, that take readers on a bold and captivating journey through some of the most taboo issues related to evolution and human behavior. Exploring the history of cannibalism, the neurology of people who are sexually attracted to animals, the evolution of human body fluids, the science of homosexuality, and serious questions about life and death, Bering astutely covers a generous expanse of our kaleidoscope of quirks and origins.

With his characteristic irreverence and trademark cheekiness, Bering leaves no topic unturned or curiosity unexamined, and he does it all with an audaciously original voice. Whether you're interested in the psychological history behind the many facets of sexual desire or the evolutionary patterns that have dictated our current mystique and phallic physique, Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? is bound to create lively discussion and debate for years to come.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scientific AmericanISBN-13:9780374532925ISBN-10:374532923UPC:9780374532925Book Category:Medical, Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Physiology, Anthropology, NeuropsychologySize:8.29 x 5.55 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC3JE44Q7Z

Jesse Bering, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Scientific American and Slate. His writing has also appeared in New York magazine, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among others, and has been featured by NPR, Playboy Radio, and more. The author of The Belief Instinct, Bering is the former Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast, and began his career as a professor at the University of Arkansas. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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