Being human : life lessons from the frontiers of science /

Sapolsky, Robert Morris, 1957-

Being human : life lessons from the frontiers of science / Life lessons from the frontiers of science Robert Sapolsky. - Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 2012. - 2 videodiscs (6 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + course guidebook (iv, 90 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. . - The Great courses . - The Great Courses .

Course no. 1686.
12 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. "Science & mathematics"--Container

Disc 1: What's so special about being human? --
Junk-food monkeys --
The burden of being burden-free --
Bugs in the brain --
Poverty's remains --
Why are dreams dreamlike? --
Disc 2. The pleasures and pains of "maybe" --
How the other half heals --
Why we want the bodies back --
Anatomy of a bad mood --
This is your brain on metaphors --
Sushi and Middle Age.

Understanding our humanity--the very essence of who we are and how we live our lives--is one of the deepest mysteries and biggest challenges in modern science.

9781598038101 (set) 1598038109


Education.
Teaching.
Educación
Enseñanza
Cerebro
Genoma humano

LB 14.6 / S241b 2012

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