A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction

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From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humans In A Taste for the Beautiful, Michael Ryan, one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, tells the remarkable story of how he and other scientists have taken up where Darwin lef

Michael J. Ryan is the Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology at the University of Texas and a Senior Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

"A hugely enjoyable book written with authority, easy charm and a great deal of wit. . . . This is science communication as it should be done: authoritative but never dull, engaging but never dumbed down. . . . [A] beautiful book."-Times Higher Education "Delightful and enlightening."-Natural History "Ryan charms readers with his account of attraction in the animal kingdom, including humans."-Scientific American "How Darwin would have loved a book such as this."-BBC Wildlife "Ryan offers much to enjoy in his provocative book."-Publishers Weekly "Replete with entertaining stories of the sexual marketplace that we and the rest of the animal world inhabit."-Kirkus Reviews