Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases and Coping (

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases and Coping ("Scientific American" Library)

by RobertM.Sapolsky (Author)

Synopsis

Using amusing anecdotes to present the scientific facts of stress, the author explains how the nervous system responds to stress and how stress can affect everything from digestion, circulation and cancer growth to sex, mood and aging. The new, updated version includes chapters on stress and poverty, stress and memory, stress and personality and how to cope with stress.

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Format: Perfect Paperback
Pages: 434
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Published: 08 Jul 1998

ISBN 10: 0716732106
ISBN 13: 9780716732105

Media Reviews
Sapolsky is one of the best science writers of our time. --Oliver Sacks
Author Bio
Robert M. Sapolsky is a MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience at Stanford University. He is the author of Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death and The Trouble with Testosterone.