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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Revised and Updated) Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Jan. 2004
Robert M. Sapolsky (Author) See search results for this author |
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- Print length560 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date1 Jan. 2004
- Dimensions15.34 x 2.44 x 23.37 cm
- ISBN-100805073698
- ISBN-13978-0805073690
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Robert M. Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time.--Oliver Sacks
For the first edition of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers:
Sapolsky succeeds in interpreting technical material in a way that leaves readers with an understanding of how the same physiological responses, so well suited for dealing with short-term physical emergencies, can turn into potential disasters when chronically provoked for psychological or other reasons....The author has a way with words and images....you'll find plenty to intrigue you. --The Washington Post
Robert Sapolsky wittily dissects the anatomy of human stress-response. --The Wall Street Journal
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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From Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers:
Regardless of how poorly we are getting along with a family member or how incensed we are about losing a parking spot, we rarely settle that sort of thing with a fistfight. Likewise, it is a rare event when we have to stalk and personally wrestle down our dinner. Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads. How many hippos worry about whether Social Security is going to last as long as they will, or even what they are going to say on a first date? Viewed from the perspective of the evolution of the human kingdom, psychological stress is a recent invention. If someone has just signed the order to hire a hated rival after months of plotting and maneuvering, her physiological responses might be shockingly similar to those of a savanna baboon who has just lunged and slashed the face of a competitor. And if someone spends months on end twisting his innards in anxiety, anger, and tension over some emotional problem, this might very well lead to illness.
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- Publisher : St. Martins Press; Revised and Upd edition (1 Jan. 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 560 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0805073698
- ISBN-13 : 978-0805073690
- Dimensions : 15.34 x 2.44 x 23.37 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 22,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 179 in Stress
- 197 in Self Help Stress Management
- 466 in Complementary Medicine
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Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He lives in San Francisco.
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Add on the detailed account of how short and long-term exposure to stress hormones impacts on the well-being of the major body systems and finally a brief introduction to ways to mitigate these effects and this book is worth every penny.