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The Moral Molecule
- Author
- Paul J Zak
- Narrator
- Paul J. Zak
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 6 December 2012
- Run Time
- 7 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Economics, Popular psychology
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What to expect
Is morality universal? Why are men less faithful than women? Why do some businesses succeed while others collapse? If we have a natural impulse to empathise and care for each other, why are there psychopaths?
Neuroscientist and economist Paul Zak has spent 10 years researching to answer these questions and discover the chemical driver of our behaviour. His research has led him from a 'vampire' wedding in Devon to the jungle of Papua New Guinea and from the US military to a Buddhist monastory.
Detective story, adventure and scientific discovery rolled into one, The Moral Molecule is a brilliant read: compulsively entertaining and potentially life-changing.
Critics Review
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Paul Zak tells the remarkable story of how he discovered and explored the biochemistry of sympathy, love and trust with the narrative skill of a novelist. Philosophy, economics and biology have rarely been so entertaining
Matt Ridley, author of "Genome"
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An ancient mammalian molecule prods us to bond with others. Paul Zak offers a most engaging account of this important discovery, bound to overthrow traditional thinking about human behavior, including economics and morality
Frans de Waal, author of "The Age of Empathy"
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Paul Zak's investigations into the best things in life are inspired, rigorous, and tremendous fun. We need more daring economists like him
Tyler Cowen, author of "The Great Stagnation" and "An Economist Gets Lunch"
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An engaging read
BBC Focus
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Details
- Author
- Paul J Zak
- Narrator
- Paul J. Zak
- Duration
- 7 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 December 2012
- ISBN
- 9781448160488
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Economics, Popular psychology
Synopsis
Is morality universal? Why are men less faithful than women? Why do some businesses succeed while others collapse? If we have a natural impulse to empathise and care for each other, why are there psychopaths? Neuroscientist and economist Paul Zak has spent 10 years researching to answer these questions and discover the chemical driver of our behaviour. His research has led him from a 'vampire' wedding in Devon to the jungle of Papua New Guinea and from the US military to a Buddhist monastory.Detective story, adventure and scientific discovery rolled into one, The Moral Molecule is a brilliant read: compulsively entertaining and potentially life-changing.
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