Robert Sapolsky
Robert Maurice Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957 in Brooklyn , USA ) is an American neuroendocrinologist , professor of biology , neuroscience and neurosurgery at Stanford University , researcher , scientist and author .
Life
Sapolsky earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Neuroendocrinology from Rockefeller University . In 1987 he became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ). He works in the fields of neuroscience , neurobiology , biology , anthropology and primatology .
He is currently a professor of biology, neurology, and neuroscience and, with special permission, neurosurgery at Stanford University . He is also a research fellow at the National Museums of Kenya .
Awards
- 2017: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (category "Science & Technology") for Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Works (selection)
Books
- Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death ( MIT Press , 1992) ISBN 0-262-19320-5 .
- Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (1994, Holt Paperbacks / Owl 3rd Rep. Ed. 2004) ISBN 0-8050-7369-8 .
- The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament ( Scribner , 1997) ISBN 0-684-83891-5 .
- Junk Food Monkeys (Headline Publishing, 1997) ISBN 978-0-7472-7676-0 .
- A Primate's Memoir (Touchstone Books, 2002) ISBN 0-7432-0247-3 .
- Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals (Scribner, 2005) ISBN 0-7432-6015-5 .
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Penguin Press, May 2017) ISBN 1-59420-507-8 .
- German violence and compassion. The biology of human behavior . Hanser, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-446-25672-9 .
Courses
- Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science , a course by the Teaching Company in 2012.
- Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality , a course by the Teaching Company in 2005.
- Stress and Your Body , a course by the Teaching Company in 2010.
- Human Behavioral Biology , Stanford University undergraduate biology course. 2011 (Youtube)
Web links
- An interview with Robert M. Sapolsky (Amos Esty and Greg Ross for American Scientist, September 2005)
- Does age quash our spirit of adventure? ( All Things Considered on NPR , Aug 15, 2006)
- Class day 2009 lecture: The uniqueness of humans ( Stanford University , June 17, 2009, Youtube)
- Robert Sapolsky on stress: an interview ( BoingBoing , November 23, 2011)
- Robert Sapolsky: Ingenious The primatologist and neurologist talks turblence - teens, stress and the information age , Nautilus, July 24, 2014
- Robert Sapolsky: Why Your Brain Hates Other People - And how to make it think differently , Nautilus, June 22, 2017, excerpt from the book Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Sapolsky . Retrieved February 22, 2009.
- ^ Robert Sapolsky: Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science , The Teaching Company . Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ Robert Sapolsky: Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, 2nd edition , The Teaching Company . Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Robert Sapolsky: Stress and Your Body , The Teaching Company . Retrieved May 29, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sapolsky, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sapolsky, Robert Maurice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American neuroendocrinologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , USA |