Robert M. Sapolsky  | 문학동네

49,500원  | 20231122  | 9788954696357

인간의 폭력성, 공격성, 경쟁을 이보다 더 잘 다룬 책은 없었다! 우리 본성의 ‘특별한 잔인함’과 ‘희소한 이타성’, 그 양면성에 대한 영웅적 통찰! “이 책을 읽는다면, 다윈도 감격했을 것이다!” - 〈뉴욕 타임스〉 사회심리학자 조너선 하이트가 “인간 본성에 대한 탁월한 안내자”라 칭하고 신경의학자 올리버 색스가 “우리 시대 최고의 과학 저술가”라 평한, 세계 최고의 신경과학자 로버트 M. 새폴스키의 저서 『행동』이 드디어 한국에 출간됐다. 집필에만 10년 이상 걸린 역작으로, 출간 이후 〈뉴욕 타임스〉 베스트셀러 등극, 〈LA 타임스〉 도서상 수상, 〈워싱턴 포스트〉 ‘올해 최고의 책’ 선정 등의 쾌거를 이루며 대중과 학계의 관심과 화제를 모은 이 책은 ‘인간 행동의 과학을 개괄하려는 눈부신 시도’이자 ‘인간 본성의 복잡다단한 세계로 안내하는 명쾌한 가이드’이다. 이 책을 관통하는 핵심 질문은 “왜 인간은 서로에게 때로는 말로 표현할 수 없을 만큼 끔찍하게 굴고, 또 때로는 더할 나위 없이 너그러워지는가?”라는 것. 우리 본성의 ‘특별한 잔인함’과 ‘희소한 이타성’, 그 양면성에 대한 답을 추적하고자 저자는 신경생물학부터 뇌과학, 유전학은 물론 사회생물학과 심리학에 이르기까지 다양한 학문 분야를 종횡무진 넘나들며 최첨단 연구 결과를 일목요연하게 종합해 살펴본다. 그리고 그 이해를 기반으로 삼아, 인간사회의 부족주의와 외국인 혐오, 위계와 경쟁, 도덕성과 자유의지, 전쟁과 평화에 관한 가장 심오하고도 모순적인 질문들에 답한다. 세계적 과학 저널 『스켑틱』의 창간자 마이클 셔머가 이 책 『행동』을 “『총균쇠』 『우리 본성의 선한 천사』와 어깨를 나란히 하는 통섭의 장엄한 정점”이라고 극찬하고, 〈뉴욕 타임스〉가 “이 책을 읽는다면 다윈도 감격했을 것”이라고 평가한 이유다.

Robert M. Sapolsky  | Penguin Publishing Group

17,000원  | 20240416  | 9780593833339

The instant New York Times bestseller “Excellent . . . Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” –Wall Street Journal One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, mounts a devastating scientific and philosophical case against free will—an argument with profound consequences Robert Sapolsky’s Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: we may not grasp exactly how nature and nurture create the physics and chemistry that cause all human behavior, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In Determined, Sapolsky takes his argument all the way, mounting a brilliant (and in his inimitable way, delightful) full-frontal assault on the pleasant fantasy that there is some separate self who tells our biology what to do. Determined offers a marvelous synthesis of what we know about consciousness—the tight weave between reason and emotion and between stimulus and response in the moment and over a life. One by one, Sapolsky takes out all the major arguments for free will, cutting a path through the thickets of chaos theory and quantum physics. But as Sapolsky acknowledges, it’s sometimes impossible to uncouple from our zeal to judge people, including ourselves. Determined applies this new understanding to some of our most essential questions around punishment, morality, and living well together. Most of all, Sapolsky argues that while accepting the reality about free will is monumentally difficult, it will make for a much more humane world.

Robert M. Sapolsky  | Penguin Press

23,000원  | 20231017  | 9780593656723

The instant New York Times bestseller! One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences Robert Sapolsky’s Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: We may not grasp the precise marriage of nature and nurture that creates the physics and chemistry at the base of human behavior, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Now, in Determined, Sapolsky takes his argument all the way, mounting a brilliant (and in his inimitable way, delightful) full-frontal assault on the pleasant fantasy that there is some separate self telling our biology what to do. Determined offers a marvelous synthesis of what we know about how consciousness works—the tight weave between reason and emotion and between stimulus and response in the moment and over a life. One by one, Sapolsky tackles all the major arguments for free will and takes them out, cutting a path through the thickets of chaos and complexity science and quantum physics, as well as touching ground on some of the wilder shores of philosophy. He shows us that the history of medicine is in no small part the history of learning that fewer and fewer things are somebody’s “fault”; for example, for centuries we thought seizures were a sign of demonic possession. Yet, as he acknowledges, it’s very hard, and at times impossible, to uncouple from our zeal to judge others and to judge ourselves. Sapolsky applies the new understanding of life beyond free will to some of our most essential questions around punishment, morality, and living well together. By the end, Sapolsky argues that while living our daily lives recognizing that we have no free will is going to be monumentally difficult, doing so is not going to result in anarchy, pointlessness, and existential malaise. Instead, it will make for a much more humane world.

Robert M. Sapolsky  | Vintage Books

22,300원  | 20190801  | 9781529112306

The author identifies the most important decisions taken by Churchill between May 1940 and the end of the Second World War.

Robert M. Sapolsky  | 솔빛길

15,300원  | 20160315  | 9788998120290

『Dr. 영장류 개코원숭이로 살다』는 저자가 아프리카 케냐의 세렝게티에서 20년이 넘는 기간 동안 개코원숭이를 현지 연구한 책이다. 다팅을 하고, 채혈을 하고 분석을 하는 모습 등이 담겨있다. 인간과 유사한 사회체계를 갖추고 사는 개코원숭이들의 습성, 그들이 성장 단계에서 보이는 모습과 사회적 상황에서 어떻게 행동하는지 등을 관찰한 것에 관한 책이다.

Sapolsky, Robert M.  | Owl Books (NY)

29,850원  | 20040915  | 9780805073690

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.

Sapolsky, Robert M.  | Simon & Schuster

28,620원  | 19980401  | 9780684838915

From the author of the widely acclaimed "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers" comes an enlightening perspective on the drives and intrinsic needs underlying human behavior, and how they link us--and separate us from--the rest of the animal kingdom.