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 .
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.