The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating

(Paperback, 4th edition)

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"Filled with insight, surprises, and lucid explanations of the latest ideas and discoveries from the sciences of love and sex."-Steven Pinker

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"A drop-dead shocker."--Washington Post Book World
"Ambitious....Buss is refreshingly evenhanded."--Elle
"Clear, coherent, and convincing...[What] makes it intriguing are the insights it offers into our behavior and the behavior of our partners, lovers and friends."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"David Buss examines that most quintessential of biological desires in the context of modern biology--the ultimate explanations for why we have the thoughts and feelings we do. It is a book filled with insight, surprises, and lucid explanations of the latest ideas and discoveries from the sciences of love and sex."--Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works

Author Bio

David M. Buss is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of nine books, including Why Women Have Sex, The Murderer Next Door, The Dangerous Passion, and the textbook Evolutionary Psychology, now in its fifth edition. He lives in Austin, Texas.