"… tiny differences in the nature of individuals require that each of us discovers, arranges, and sustains his or her unique partnerships and territories. Because of this uniqueness you must actively steer your life rather that just letting it happen. None of us is mere clay for environment’ thumbs and even the youngest of ten children is a one-off architect who renovates his parents."
"Using clarity, humor, and personal examples, Dr. James Brody shows why you simplify or complicate your life, form partnerships and social networks, and sometimes conform or not. He also explains why certain aspects of physics are your best friends, why your commonsense handles them so well, why women displace men, and why you shouldn’ believe bell curves! To illustrate, Brody includes stories from his clients as well as from biologists Charles and Erasmus Darwin, authors William and Henry James, anthropologists Mary Leakey and Loren Eiseley, and Nobel-winners Richard Feynman and Rita Levi- Montalcini."
"… a rich tapestry of human behavior, but done in a way that gives significance to individualism using models that physics and mathematics offer. Phase transitions, emergent networks, condensates, swarming, and other models are in the arsenal that he develops in the first half of the book and applies in its second half to evolution and behavior genetics, conflict and suicide, and resilience and personal will. This is serious work, yet it is not difficult to read. I highly recommend it." Bryen Lorenz, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering, Widener University, 11/26/07.
About Me
- JimB
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- James Brody has a Ph. D. in psychology and has been listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology since 1975. He has written more than a dozen book reviews, most on //www.human-nature.com and found by asking Yahoo or Google for "James Brody, evolution." He has three book chapters and research papers in psychopharmacology, operant conditioning, and clinical applications, including one long ago, in Psychopharmacologia and another, equally long ago, in Nature. (The 1970 paper on serotonin led to 1300 reprint requests, the 1969 paper in Nature to 650.) Brody also pioneered courses for the Cape Cod Institute: "Taking Charge of Your Genes," "Healing the Moral Animal," "Darwinian Feelings and Values," and "Twins and Us" and he involved notables such as Robert Wright, Frank Sulloway, John Pearce, Russell Gardner, and Nancy Segal in the presentations. He has presented at state-wide, national, and international meetings and hosts and contributes regularly to the Evolutionary Psychology forum at http://www.behavior.net/bolforums/forumdisplay.php?s=b5363f96b7b39cb3ae7b3863438ed2b7&f=14 The EP forum has roughly 350,000 visitors per year.