Why We Love

Anthropologist Helen Fisher studies gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. She's best known as an expert on romantic love, and her beautifully penned books -- including Anatomy of Love and Why We Love -- lay bare the mysteries of our most treasured emotion.

出版者:Henry Holt and Co.

作者:Helen Fisher

页数:320

出版时间:2004-2-4

价格:USD 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780805069136

图书标签:心理学爱情两性anthropology英文原版love社会心理学情感

Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and her many areas of inquiry shed light on timeless human mysteries, like why we choose one partner over another.

Almost unique among scientists, Fisher explores the science of love without losing a sense of romance: Her work frequently invokes poetry, literature and art -- along with scientific findings -- helping us appreciate our love affair with love itself. In her research, and in books such as Anatomy of Love and 2004's Why We Love, Fisher looks at questions with real impact on modern life. Her latest research raises serious concerns about the widespread, long-term use of antidepressants, which may undermine our natural process of attachment by tampering with hormone levels in the brain.

"In hands as skilled and sensitive as Fisher's, scientific analysis of love only adds to its magic."

Scientific American

读后感

以科学/生物学的角度来阐述人类世界永恒的主题 --- 爱（两性之间的爱） 虽然听上去，很冰冷，一点都不浪漫； 但是，当你轻松地去读时，你会发现真的很好玩。 人类的爱分成三个阶段：lust, romatic love & attachment，而这一切的process都是由我们的大脑里的化学物质所导致...  

给一个没有科学常识的人解释科学研究成果，这大概是世界上最难的事情之一。其难度不亚于教会老妈如何使用计算机除了QQ农场以外的功能——你得不断停下来解释一些你认为对方应该知道但其实对方完全不知道的东西；一不小心就得从三百年前开始讲起、讲到第二百年、对方又把前一百...  

现在读到第四章~~爱之网：情欲、浪漫和依附。以后读完可能会更新~~ 读书要先看封面，读前记看名家怎么推荐。《情种起源》这个书名明显模仿达尔文的《物种起源》嘛~~这噱头有点大；再来看看出版社~~湖南科学技术出版社，我去~~中文版的《时间简史》《果壳里的世界》就是这个出...  

我是抱着读一本泡妞攻略的心态去打开这本书的。 读完之后，我才发现，我错了。 因为它不仅仅超越了所有的泡妞攻略，还超越了所有的爱情理论。我第一次看到如此严谨，科学，创新的研究爱情的著作。 一直以来，越不带感情的东西越容易得到深入的研究，比如数学，物理，化学，...  

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我看prairie vole的例子已经看吐了。。。但是Fisher大姐举的各种其它动物的例子实在是不吸引人阿！

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