The Trouble With Testosterone And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human

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Robert M. Sapolsky The Trouble With Testosterone And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predi Scribner (1997) Dedication......Page 5 Introduction......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 10 1: How Big Is Yours?......Page 12 2: Primate Peekaboo......Page 24 3: The Night You Ruined Your Pajamas......Page 30 4: Measures of Life......Page 43 5: The Young and the Reckless......Page 54 6: The Solace of Patterns......Page 66 7: Beelzebub’s SAT Scores......Page 74 8: Poverty’s Remains......Page 82 9: Junk Food Monkeys......Page 91 10: The Burden of Being Burden-Free......Page 99 11: The Trouble with Testosterone......Page 108 12: The Graying of the Troop......Page 118 13: Curious George’s Pharmacy......Page 128 14: The Dangers of Fallen Soufflés in the Developing World......Page 145 15: The Dissolution of Ego Boundaries and the Fit of My Father’s Shirt......Page 156 16: Why You Feel Crummy When You’re Sick......Page 172 17: Circling the Blanket for God......Page 182 About Robert M. Sapolsky......Page 223 Endnotes......Page 226 Copyright......Page 228