Gender Mosaic
Beyond the myth of the male and female brain
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2019
Summary
This timely manifesto calls for a future free from gender-based assumptions about human potential. Written by the internationally renowned neuroscientist whose game-changing research debunks the myth of male and female brains.
For generations we’ve been taught that women and men differ in profound ways. Women are supposedly more sensitive and cooperative, whereas men are more aggressive and sexual because this or that region in the brains of women is larger or smaller than in the brai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913068028 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913068021 |
| Author: | Prof. Daphna Joel, Luba Vikhanski |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Endeavour |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 116mm x 28mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Brilliantly accessible. Gender Mosaic takes you on a fascinating scientific journey that will transform how you think about sex, gender and the brain. - Cordelia Fine, author of Testosterone Rex
A power-packed manifesto that envisions what our world might look like if we let go of tired gender stereotypes. - Sarah Richardson, author of Sex ItselfGender Mosaic is the book I’ve been waiting for! Enlightening, funny and never dogmatic, Joel plumbs the science, offering great insights into how moving beyond that stale story of the male and female brain could improve medicine, education, careers and relationships. - Rebecca Jordan-Young, author of Brain StormJoel and Vikhanski offer a fascinating glimpse of what’s possible when we liberate ourselves from the myth of pink and blue brains. - Lise Eliot PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceThis is a fantastic book. It is one of the best books about sex, gender, biology, and the brain - and the social implications of these issues - that I have ever read. The writing is clear, captivating, and concise - and the content is groundbreaking. This is a visionary and brave book. - Rebecca S. Bigler, Professor Emeritx of Psychology, University of Texas at AustinAbout The Author
Prof. Daphna Joel
Prof. Daphna Joel (Author)
Professor Daphna Joel is the Chair of the PhD committee at the School of Psychological Sciences and a member of the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel-Aviv University. She has published 84 publications and has given lectures about her work at a series of highly regarded universities, including Stanford, Harvard, Princeton and UC Berkeley.
Luba Vikhanski (Author)
Luba Vikhanski is an award-winning author with more than 25 years of experience and an MA in journalism from New York University. Her work has appeared widely, including The New York Times, Nature, Medicine and the Jerusalem Post. She has written three books including Immunity, which was highly commended by the British Medical Association in 2017. Vikhanski works at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
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