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100 1  Burnham, Terry. 
245 10 Mean genes :|bfrom sex to money to food, taming our primal
       instincts /|cTerry Burnham and Jay Phelan. 
264  1 Cambridge, Mass. :|bPerseus Pub.,|c[2000] 
264  4 |c©2000 
300    263 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  Introduction: Our toughest battles are with ourselves -- 
       Thin wallets and fat bodies -- Constant cravings -- 
       Romance and reproduction -- Family, friends, and foes -- 
       Conclusion: Surviving desire. 
520    Explains the genetic role behind "modern" problems such as
       thrill-seeking, infidelity, eating disorders, and 
       addiction. Burnham and Phelan examine the connection 
       between genes and human behavior, probing such issues as 
       body image, money, addictions, and more. Reveals why we 
       want (and do) so many things that are bad for us. Burnham,
       a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School, and Phelan,
       a biology professor at the University of California-Los 
       Angeles, reveal that our struggles for self-improvement 
       are battles against our own genes that helped our distant 
       ancestors flourish but are selfish and out of place in the
       modern world. They examine issues such as body image, 
       money, addiction, and the search for friendship and love, 
       and use knowledge of the connections between genes and 
       behavior to offer steps for improving the quality of our 
       lives. 
650  0 Self-management (Psychology) 
650  0 Self-help techniques. 
650  0 Genetic psychology. 
700 1  Phelan, Jay. 
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