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Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life's fundamental bond / Lydia Denw...

Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary ...

Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life's fundamental bond / Lydia Denw...

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Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life's fundamental bond / Lydia Denworth.

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Full title

Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life's fundamental bond / Lydia Denworth.

Publisher

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2020]

Call Numbers

G 2020/1531

Record Identifier

74VKaDkR2o0X

MMS ID

991024299914802626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

297 pages ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction: A new science -- Fierce attachment -- Building a social brain -- Friendship under the skin -- Middle school is about lunch -- A deep wish for friendship -- The circles of friendship -- Digital friendship -- Born to be friendly? -- Deeply built into the brain -- The good life, revealed....

Publication information

Publisher

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2020]

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

[2020]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"An engaging and deeply reported investigation of friendship: its evolution, purpose, and centrality in human and nonhuman lives alike. The bonds of friendship are universal and elemental. In Friendship, journalist Lydia Denworth visits the front lines of the science of friendship in search of its biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundat...

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Full title

Friendship : the evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life's fundamental bond / Lydia Denworth.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-278) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2020/1531

Record Identifier

74VKaDkR2o0X

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDkR2o0X

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ISBN

9780393651546 hardcover

0393651541 hardcover

DDC

158.25

MMS ID

991024299914802626

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