{"product_id":"survival-of-the-prettiest-the-science-of-beauty","title":"Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA provocative and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, skewering the myth that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSurvival of the Prettiest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Nancy Etcoff, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and a practicing psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, argues that beauty is neither a cultural construction, an invention of the fashion industry, nor a backlash against feminism—it’s in our biology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauty, she explains, is an essential and ineradicable part of human nature that is revered and ferociously pursued in nearly every civilization—and for good reason. Those features to which we are most attracted are often signals of fertility and fecundity. When seen in the context of a Darwinian struggle for survival, our sometimes extreme attempts to attain beauty—both to become beautiful ourselves and to acquire an attractive partner—suddenly become much more understandable. Moreover, if we understand how the desire for beauty is innate, then we can begin to work in our own interests, and not just the interests of our genetic tendencies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"19\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eContributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Etcoff, Nancy (Author)\u003cbr data-end=\"45\" data-start=\"42\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"54\" data-start=\"45\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0385479425 \u003cstrong data-end=\"74\" data-start=\"66\"\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780385479424\u003cbr data-end=\"91\" data-start=\"88\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"105\" data-start=\"91\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr data-end=\"121\" data-start=\"118\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"133\" data-start=\"121\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr data-end=\"146\" data-start=\"143\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"165\" data-start=\"146\"\u003eCopyright Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003cbr data-end=\"173\" data-start=\"170\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"186\" data-start=\"173\"\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2000\u003cbr data-end=\"203\" data-start=\"200\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"221\" data-start=\"203\"\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7\" H x 7.9\" L x 5.1\" W (0.75 lbs) 336 pages\u003cbr data-end=\"270\" data-start=\"267\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"297\" data-start=\"270\"\u003eThis item is Returnable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48918506242285,"sku":"0385479425","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/0385479425.jpg?v=1761321898","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/survival-of-the-prettiest-the-science-of-beauty","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}