How Many Friends Does 1 Person Need

Informationen zum Autor Robin Dunbar is currently Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University and a Fellow of Magdalen College. His principal research interest is the evolution of sociality. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998. His books include The Trouble with Science! 'an eloquent riposte to the anti-science lobby' ( Sunday Times )! and Grooming! Gossip and the Evolution of Language . The Human Story was described as 'fizzing with recent research and new theories' in the Sunday Times and 'punchy and provocative' by the New Scientist . How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks was published in 2010. Klappentext We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are. How Many Friends Does One Person Need? by Robin Dunbar is a fascinating examination of human evolution, revealing why we gossip, how many Facebook friends we should have and how our distant past influences our current behaviour. Zusammenfassung We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Dunbar
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780571253432
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25343-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Popular psychology, Psychology: emotions