Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty. Nancy Etcoff

Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty


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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty Nancy Etcoff
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group



In this provocative, witty, and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, Nancy Etcoff skewers one of our culture's most enduring myths, that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior. This book is both authoritative and surprisingly entertaining. Survival of the Prettiest : The Science of Beauty. The pretext for this article is rooted in science…well, actually social science…well, actually economics alone. According to Nancy Etcoff, a psychologist at the Harvard Medical School and author of Survival of the Prettiest: the Science of Beauty, “We're seeing a real shift in how people are approaching beauty. She was categorical in saying that beauty is not a guarantee for happiness since it brings as much woes in terms of people expecting it to be eternal. Ironically enough, I judged this book by its cover and am very glad I did. 2008 . Nancy Etcoff published her book Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty eight years ago, but it's still selling well today. I've speculated a bit about the place of beauty in the universe universe (“A Science of Beauty,” Part I and Part II) and was happy to find that thinkers like Rothenberg are also helping to blaze this necessary trail. 1999.The New York Times On The Web.3 Dec. As soon as I say the list of books, I knew “Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty” by Nancy Etcoff was the book I had to have. As the image indicates, Survival of the Prettiest is subtitled "The Science of Beauty," and that suggests quite clearly just what author Nancy Etcoff is attempting to examine.





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