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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 300
EAN: 9780465031269
ISBN: 0465031269
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: September 24, 1998
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 29655
Studio: Basic Books
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Rating:  - The evolution of human sex
The evolutionist Richard Dawkins once said that he would have written a book on the evolution of sex if Jared Diamond hadn't had done such a good job of it with `Why is Sex fun?' If you are interested in evolution or the evolution of human sexuality then this scientific entry is an imperative. However if you are looking for a book that just does cheap thrills or agony aunt pseudo-explanations, go elsewhere.
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of `Guns, germs and steel' ... Read More
Rating:  - A question without an answer
I started reading Diamond with Guns, Germs, and Steel and went on to other of his works. While reading "Why Is Sex Fun" we were staying with our daughter, helping her care for a newborn and his comments on the energy expenditure of caring for an infant were enlightening. His writing was insightful and at the same time entertaining, but unless I skipped a page somewhere he fails to answer two questions presented in the advertising - Why is it fun? and Why humans choose privacy for sex? Compared ... Read More
Rating:  - Dry, but enlightening
None of Jared Diamond's books will have you on the edge of your seat, but the author does a fine job at making his points, backing it up with irrefutable science and not hype or conjecture. This book delivers an intriguing view on why we, as well as birds and bees, not only do it, but why we treat sex the way we do while other species don't.
Rating: - Get this book to finally understand the opposite sex
Are men and women basically alike, save the obvious physical differences? Absolutely not! This quick read explores the different evolutionary pressures that shape human sexuality. The "Battle of the Sexes" has evolutionary roots millions of years old. Diamond explains how each gender of a given species seeks to leave as many off-spring as possible, and how biological gender differences lead to different strategies and behavior. Diamond convincing promotes an evolutionary paradigm of human sexuality ... Read More
Rating: - Very good overall
There is a bit of overlap in this book with "The Third Chimpanzee," and this is to be expected. (Many of us have noticed that authors tend to cover the same points again and again.) On account of this, it loses one star.
On the good side, this book is very concise and light to read. There are almost no graphs in the book (for maximum simplicity).
The best points:
1. There wwas a good discussion of the process of going about testing a theory/ hypothesis, and though this ... Read More
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