Overview

A contemporary classic about love now completely revised and updated. First published in 1992, Helen Fisher’s ""fascinating"" (New York Times) Anatomy of Love quickly became a classic. Since then, Fisher has conducted pioneering brain research on lust, romantic love, and attachment; gathered data on more than 80,000 people to explain why you love who you love; and collected information on more than 30,000 men and women on sexting, hooking up, friends with benefits, and other current trends in courtship and marriage. And she presents a new, scientifically based and optimistic perspective on relationships in our digital age—what she calls ""slow love."" This is a cutting-edge tour de force that traces human family life from its origins in Africa over 20 million years ago to the Internet dating sites and bedrooms of today. And it's got it all: the copulatory gaze and other natural courting ploys; the who, when, where, and why of adultery; love addictions; her discovery of four broad chemically based personality styles and what each seeks in romance; the newest data on worldwide (biologically based) patterns of divorce; how and why men and women think differently; the real story of women, men, and power; the rise—and fall—of the sexual double standard; and what brain science tells us about how to make and keep a happy partnership.

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Author:   Helen Fisher
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Edition:   Completely Revised and Updated with a New Introduction
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.10cm
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9780393349740

ISBN 10:   0393349748
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   14 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Fisher weaves a persuasive and consistently surprising new explanation of the roots of human marriage, sex, and love. Her account cuts more deeply than the ordinary literature on human sexuality. -- Edward O. Wilson

Enlightening and controversial.

Author Information

Helen Fisher (1945—2024), a biological anthropologist, was the author of five internationally selling books, including Why We Love and Why Him? Why Her? A Senior Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute, a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at Rutgers University, and chief scientific advisor to Match.com, Fisher was a frequent national and international speaker. Her TED talks have been viewed by more than 10 million people.

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