A review by istaisa
Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships by Camilla Pang

informative medium-paced

3.75

I tried to read this book a few years ago and couldn’t get in to it, but picked it up recently and really enjoyed the read. In Explaining Humans, Dr Camilla Pang goes through various concepts of human behaviour and relates them to a scientific principle. It’s more of a memoir of how she sees the world rather than an actual instruction manual about humans, which is what I was expecting but some readers are not.

I don’t agree with reviews stating there should be clearer links between the concepts and human behaviours - the whole idea behind this book is that it’s not a neurotypical way of looking at these concepts, and taking the time to understand these different ways of thinking is a good thing.

I would recommend reading this one chapter at a time to spread out the science.