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Mamas sista kram : djurens känsloliv och vad det kan lära oss om oss själva
Inbunden, 2020
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (14)
223 kr
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"En av de viktigaste böcker jag läst. Fullspäckad med fakta och aha-upplevelser om biologin bakom våra känslor men ändå lättläst, humanistisk och med djupaste respekt för våra kusiner i djurriket." Anders Hansen, psykiatriker och författare "En fängslande och varmhjärtad bok, full av medkänsla och …
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Teach Us about Ourselves
Häftad, 2020
123 kr
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLLERIn this groundbreaking and entertaining book, primatologist Frans de Waal draws on his renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos and other primates, and personal encounters with many other species, to illuminate new ideas and findings …
Minds I've Met
From Denying to Embracing the Inner Lives of Animals
Inbunden, 2026
232 kr
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Over the last five decades, how we think about animals has undergone a seismic change. And with it, so too has how we think about ourselves, and our place in the animal kingdom.For decades, scientists viewed animals as little more than automatons - creatures running on instinct, lacking in …
Vår inre apa : Det bästa och sämsta i den mänskliga naturen
Inbunden, 2005
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (8)
120 kr
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Tänker vi på släktskapet mellan apa och människa tänker vi oftast på schimpansen. Betydligt mindre känd och helt väsensskild är en annan primat, som också har ett DNA som är nästan identiskt med människans: bonoboen. Till skillnad från schimpansens stundtals aggressiva och tävlingsinriktade …
Mamas sista kram
E-bok, 2020
199 kr
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"En fängslande och varmhjärtad bok, full av medkänsla och sprängladdad med insikter om djurs liv, människans inkluderat" Yuval Noah Harari, författare till Sapiens: en kort historik över mänsklighetenMama, matriarken i sin schimpanskoloni, ligger för döden. Hon har varit apatisk i veckor. Men så …
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Häftad, 2020
119 kr
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Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats in …
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Häftad, 2017
133 kr
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Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition—in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobos—to reveal how smart animals really are, and how we’ve underestimated their abilities for too …
Minds I've Met
From Denying to Embracing the Inner Lives of Animals
Inbunden, 2026
283 kr
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How humans think about animals—and our place among them—has undergone a seismic change. Breaking old scientific taboos and never shying away from controversial topics, renowned primatologist Frans de Waal was at the forefront of this revolution, fighting against claims of human exceptionalism. From …
Different
Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
Inbunden, 2022
320 kr
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In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in human societies. While …
Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Inbunden, 2019
271 kr
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Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which investigated animal intelligence, Mama’s Last Hug delivers a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals.Mama’s …
Chimpanzee Politics
Power and Sex among Apes
Häftad, 2007
377 kr
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The first edition of Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, and social psychologists for its remarkable insights into the most basic human needs and behaviors. Twenty-five years later, …
Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Häftad, 2019
145 kr
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'Kindness and co-operation have played a crucial role in raising humans to the top of the evolutionary tree ... We have thrived on the milk of human kindness.' ObserverBY THE AUTHOR OF ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS ARE?'There is a widely-held assumption that humans are hard-wired …
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Häftad, 2017
131 kr
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From world-renowned biologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work which challenges everything we think we know about animal intelligence. 'A remarkable book by a remarkable scientist' Edward O Wilson author of The Social Conquest of EarthWhat separates your mind from the mind of an animal? Maybe …
Different
Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
Häftad, 2023
110 kr
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In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to argue that despite the linkage between gender and biological sex, biology does not automatically support the traditional gender roles in human societies. While …
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Inbunden, 2016
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
271 kr
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What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future—all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet’s preeminent species. But in recent decades, these claims have eroded, or even been …
Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
Häftad, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
183 kr
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For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological origins of human fairness. Interweaving vivid …
Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
Inbunden, 2013
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
271 kr
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For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological origins of human fairness. Interweaving vivid …
Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
E-bok, 2011
163 kr
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''Kindness and co-operation have played a crucial role in raising humans to the top of the evolutionary tree ... We have thrived on the milk of human kindness.'' ObserverBY THE AUTHOR OF ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS ARE?''There is a widely-held assumption that humans are hard-wired …
Age of Empathy
Nature''s Lessons for a Kinder Society
E-bok, 2009
76 kr
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"An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness." —Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape Are we our brothers'' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? In this …
Primates and Philosophers
How Morality Evolved
Av Frans de Waal, Stephen Macedo m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
240 kr
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Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: …
Our Inner Ape
A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
E-bok, 2006
208 kr
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Visit the author''s Web site at www.ourinnerape.com It’s no secret that humans and apes share a host of traits, from the tribal communities we form to our irrepressible curiosity. We have a common ancestor, scientists tell us, so it’s natural that we act alike. But not all of these parallels are so …
My Family Album
Thirty Years of Primate Photography
Inbunden, 2026
343 kr
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For decades, The New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal studied monkeys and apes. Culled from the thousands of photographs taken over a thirty year period, My Family Album showcases the rich social life of bonobos, chimpanzees, capuchin monkeys, baboons …
Primates and Philosophers
How Morality Evolved
Av Frans de Waal, Josiah Ober m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
214 kr
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Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature, and not by human rational choice? "It''s the animal in us," we often hear when we''ve been bad. But why not when we''re good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity''s most valued …
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Ljudbok, 2016
298 kr
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From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal comes this groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic. What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future―all …
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Häftad, 2006
345 kr
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Different
What Apes Can Teach Us About Gender
Häftad, 2023
119 kr
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A ground-breaking look at gender and sex from the world's leading primatologist and New York Times bestselling author of Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?'Brilliant and fascinating... brings a scientific, compassionate and balanced approach to some of the hottest controversies …
Our Inner Ape
The Best And Worst Of Human Nature
Häftad, 2006
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
121 kr
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We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy and morality by virtue of our genes? From a scientist and writer whom E. O. Wilson has called 'the world authority on primate social behavior' comes …
