The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior

by Jordan Smoller

Book Overview

In this enthralling work of popular science, respected Harvard psychiatrist Jordan Smoller addresses one of humankind's most enduring and perplexing questions: What does it mean to be "normal?" In The Other Side of Normal, Smoller explores the biological component of normalcy, revealing the hidden side of our everyday behaviors--why we love what we love and fear what we fear. Other bestselling works of neurobiology and the mind have focused on mental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061492191
• ISBN13: 9780061492198
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"