Robert M. Sapolsky

Nascido em 1957

Ciência

Robert Morris Sapolsky é um conceituado investigador norte-americano na área da neuroendocrinologia e autor reconhecido.
Atualmente, ocupa cargos de professor nas áreas de biologia, neurologia e ciências neurológicas na Universidade de Stanford, onde também detém uma nomeação honorária em neurocirurgia.
Além disso, Sapolsky é investigador associado nos Museus Nacionais do Quénia.
Famoso pelo seu trabalho sobre o stress e a degeneração neuronal, realizou extensas pesquisas com babuínos no Quénia.
A sua experiência abrange várias disciplinas, incluindo neurociência, primatologia e endocrinologia.
A sua capacidade para transmitir conceitos científicos complexos a um público geral tornou-o um escritor e conferencista de ciência popular muito apreciado.

Livros de Robert M. Sapolsky

Comporte-se

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 2017

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

4.38

32.000+

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior 🌱 Nature Nurture 🔗 Free Will Debate

Imersivo

Comporte-se

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 2017 790 páginas

4.38

32.000+ avaliações

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior 🌱 Nature Nurture 🔗 Free Will Debate

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 1993

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

4.17

17.000+

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 1993 560 páginas

4.17

17.000+ avaliações

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

A Primate's Memoir

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

4.39

8.000+

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

A Primate's Memoir

A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 2001 304 páginas

4.39

8.000+ avaliações

🦍 Primatology 🐘 Wildlife Conservation 🔬 Science Memoir 😂 Humorous Science 🌍 Cross-Cultural Memoir

Determinado

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 2023

You chose nothing. Genes, upbringing, chemistry chose everything. The science that rewrites justice.

4.23

8.000+

🧬 Hard Determinism 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Moral Responsibility 🏛️ Justice Reform 👁️ Unconscious Influence

Determinado

You chose nothing. Genes, upbringing, chemistry chose everything. The science that rewrites justice.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 2023 528 páginas

4.23

8.000+ avaliações

🧬 Hard Determinism 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Moral Responsibility 🏛️ Justice Reform 👁️ Unconscious Influence

The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 1997

Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.

4.20

2.000+

🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🐒 Primate Behavior

The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament

Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 páginas

4.20

2.000+ avaliações

🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🐒 Primate Behavior

Monkeyluv

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

4.24

2.000+

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

Monkeyluv

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 páginas

4.24

2.000+ avaliações

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology 🦠 Parasite Manipulation ⏳ Impulse Control

Being Human

por Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

4.35

500+

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Being Human

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

por Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

4.35

500+ avaliações

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

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