Woman
Author | : Natalie Angier |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781844089918 |
ISBN-13 | : 1844089916 |
Rating | : 4/5 (916 Downloads) |
Download or read book Woman written by Natalie Angier and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraordinary new vision of the female body as an evolutionary masterpiece. 'Anyone living in or near a female body should read this book' - Gloria Steinem 'Women have long been regarded as slaves to biology and evolution, prisoners in a hormonal swamp. But now, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology . . . have come under fresh challenge. As the century turns, it could be Goodbye women's lib; hello female liberation! . . . WOMAN is a delicious cocktail of estrogen and amphetamine designed to pump up the ovaries as well as the cerebral cortex' - Barbara Ehrenreich, Time magazine 'Drawing on science, literature and history, Angier provides valuable insight into the power of hormones, breast milk and the all-important clitoris. A must for every woman's bookshelf' - Woman's Journal