Cliff Pickover
"A magnificent tour through the sociology, psychology, and biology of evil. No one should pass up the experience of stepping through the portals of this fascinating book to answer Oakley's crucial question: Why are there evil people, and why are they sometimes so successful?"--(Dr. Cliff Pickover, author of A Beginner's Guide to Immortality and The Heaven Virus)
Orson Scott Card
"This story is not only good science writing, it's also achingly personal, as Oakley recounts the story of her selfish sister and relates it to what science is revealing about the way our brains work and how genes influence even our ability to tell right from wrong. It's not often that a book about science can also break your heart - Oakley's achievement is astonishing."--(Orson Scott Card, award-winning author of Ender's Game, Enchantment, and Empire)
Steven Pinker
"A fascinating scientific and personal exploration of the roots of evil, filled with human insight and telling detail."--(Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Stuff of Thought.)
Terrence W. Deacon
"Remarkable-and difficult to put down ... a wonderfully readable tapestry of family autobiography, historical biography, and biological psychology. Without oversimplifying their psychosocial complexity, "Evil Genes" explores new research on the genetics and neurobiology of personality disorders. Shining this light on some of the most problematic figures of our era, it challenges our assumptions about the roots of terrorism, genocide, crime, corruption-and even the sinister sides of politics, business, and religion."--(Terrence W Deacon, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Symbolic Species)
Gavin de Becker
Whatever you might believe about the role of genetics versus environment, Evil Genes will take you somewhere you haven't been.ÿ Barbara Oakley brilliantly reveals the falseness of one of the ego's evil little lies: That all our behavior is decided by us. (Gavin de Becker, Bestselling Author, The Gift of Fear)
