A husband and wife team make the science of monogamy sexy.

In “The Myth of Monogamy,” husband and wife David P. Barash (an evolutionary biologist) and Judith Eve Lipton (a psychiatrist), stunned the public by showing how rare monogamy is in nature. Now, in “Strange Bedfellows,” they look at the other side of the coin: how biology actually promotes monogamy in some species and how these lessons apply to human beings.

An accessible work of science that is relevant to our intimate daily life, “Strange Bedfellows” will reassure some people, surprise others, and engage everyone.

David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton have co-authored six books, including “The Myth of Monogamy” and “Making Sense of Sex.”

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David P. Barash" received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin in 1970 and has been with the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington since 1973. His studies span animal behavior and social psychology, with concentrations in sociobiology, psychological aspects of the arms race and nuclear war, peace studies, and animal behavior and evolution. A prolific author, he has written 180 technical articles and 19 books ranging from monographs ("Marmots: Social Behavior & Ecology") to college textbooks ("Sociobiology & Behavior") to popular trade titles ("The Great