Survival Of The Prettiest: The Science Of Beauty

Psychology

Author: Nancy L. Etcoff

Survival of the Prettiest In this provocative, witty, and expertly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, psychologist Nancy Etcoff skewers the enduring myth that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior; instead “sensitivity to beauty is to a very large extent hard-wired in the human brain” (“The Wall Street Journal”). Illustrations. Full description….Read More

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