Not In Your Genes
The real reasons children are like their parents
$37.67
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2017
Summary
A controversial and groundbreaking take on the nature-nurture debate
Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology- ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’.
Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091947682 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091947685 |
| Author: | Oliver James |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vermilion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
“Radical but full of hope … we really can choose our mental health and that of our children” - - Steve Biddulph, bestselling author of Raising Boys
Radical but full of hope … we really can choose our mental health and that of our children * Steve Biddulph, bestselling author of Raising Boys *
the nation’s shrink * The Times *
James is charting the new frontiers in psychology * Guardian *
About The Author
Oliver James
Oliver James trained and practised as a child clinical psychologist and, since 1987, has worked as a writer, journalist and television documentary producer and presenter. His books include Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture, the bestselling They F*** You Up and Britain on the Couch, which was also a successful documentary series for Channel 4. He is a trustee of two children’s charities- the National Family and Parenting Institute and Homestart.
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