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A review by rossbm
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky
4.0
(read as physical book)
What's is about?
It's stories the time that Sapolsky, a neuroscientist focused on stress, spent in Kenya studying savanna baboons. There are several short chapters. About 1/3 of the book is about the baboons directly, while the rest is about Sapolsky's interactions with the resident's of Kenya and the trips he took to neighbouring countries.
What did I think?
I really liked it. The stories are interesting. Sapolsky is a good story teller - he must have taken good notes or have a good memory (or embellished). I found the parts describing the baboon's relationships especially interesting.
What's is about?
It's stories the time that Sapolsky, a neuroscientist focused on stress, spent in Kenya studying savanna baboons. There are several short chapters. About 1/3 of the book is about the baboons directly, while the rest is about Sapolsky's interactions with the resident's of Kenya and the trips he took to neighbouring countries.
What did I think?
I really liked it. The stories are interesting. Sapolsky is a good story teller - he must have taken good notes or have a good memory (or embellished). I found the parts describing the baboon's relationships especially interesting.