Cordelia Fine: 7 books

Book cover of Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010

“[Fine’s] sharp tongue is tempered with humor. . . . Read this book and see how complex and fascinating the whole issue is.”—The New York Times It’s the twenty-first century, and although we tried to rear unisex children—boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucks—we failed....
Book cover of Cuestión de sexos
by Cordelia Fine
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 28, 2011

Ya estamos en el siglo XXI y, a pesar de que intentamos que nuestros hijos crezcan en una sociedad unisex, en todos lados escuchamos que los circuitos de los cerebros de hombres y mujeres son diferentes. Las revistas, artículos de periódicos e incluso las publicaciones científicas no hace más...
Book cover of FREE Icon Books eBook Sampler
by Jim Baggott, Stephen Fender, Maryanne Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013

Icon Books is an independent British publisher which publishes popular and engaging non-fiction for adults. We’re proud to be part of the Independent Alliance in the UK, publishing companies who share a common vision of editorial excellence and original, diverse publishing. This ebook sampler –...
Book cover of A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by Cordelia Fine
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008

"Provocative enough to make you start questioning your each and every action."—Entertainment Weekly The brain's power is confirmed and touted every day in new studies and research. And yet we tend to take our brains for granted, without suspecting that those masses of hard-working...
Book cover of Die Geschlechterlüge

Die Geschlechterlüge

Die Macht der Vorurteile über Mann und Frau

by Cordelia Fine
Language: German
Release Date: March 13, 2012

Viele bekannte populärwissenschaftliche Bestseller behaupten auf der Basis neurowissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen: Männer und Frauen haben unterschiedliche Gehirne und daher unterschiedliche Begabungen. Vermeintliche natürliche Unterschiede werden aufgebaut und dienen als Erklärung für gesellschaftliche...
Book cover of Testosterona rex

Testosterona rex

Mitos sobre sexo, ciencia y sociedad

by Cordelia Fine
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 4, 2018

Se nos ha dicho muchas veces que la testosterona es la quintaesencia de la masculinidad y que el sexo biológico ejerce una influencia fundamental en nuestro desarrollo. Sin embargo, la psicóloga Cordelia Fine demuestra, con estilo y astucia, que no es cierto que el sexo dé lugar a naturalezas masculinas...
Book cover of Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017

“Beliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fine’s funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that we’ve heard Testosterone rex’s last roar.” —Annie Murphy Paul, New York Times Book Review Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental force...
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