![]() ![]() ![]() But the rest of the book is very readable. Chapter Two is a 60-page history and primer of neuroscience that can be a bit challenging. We’ll be back with more from Robert Sapolsky after this.īy the way, Sapolsky called his book unreadable. Midway through our chat, we’ll take a six-minute break sponsored by the Kavli Prize about the most recent winners, announced May 27. We spoke aboard ship somewhere in the English Channel. I had seen him give talks in person and read his work, so I jumped at the chance to be in his company on a Scientific American lecture cruise last summer. And his most recent book is Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. He’s the author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers and A Primate’s Memoir. In the field, he’s a primatologist who looks at individual differences in stress, behavior and health among wild baboons living in a national park. In the lab, he’s a neurobiologist who studies the effects of stress. He’s also a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya. He’s a professor of biology, neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University. This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on May 29, 2020. ![]()
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