A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
A Primate's Memoir

Robert M. Sapolsky

A Primate's Memoir

Robert M. Sapolsky

304 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of Savannah baboons.“I had nev...

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Moods

informative 94%
adventurous 58%
reflective 52%
funny 47%
emotional 35%
inspiring 23%
lighthearted 17%
sad 17%
challenging 11%
hopeful 5%
relaxing 5%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 25%
fast 25%

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