Lucy Cooke Bitch : What does it mean to be female? Paperback Book

A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom ... Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite parts to send to friends and reading out snippets gleefully... ObserverA book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases. Absolutely fascinating. BBC R4 Womans HourFrom the heir to Attenborough. 5 TelegraphGlorious ... A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology ... Full of marvellous surprises. GuardianColourful, committed and deeply informed. Sunday TimesGloriously original Daily MirrorA sparkling attack on scientific sexism NatureHumorous, absorbing, sometimes shocking (for a variety of reasons), and bound to be a conversation starter BBC WildlifeBrilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer TLSZoologist Lucy Cookes hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species. New StatesmanIntroduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals. The Atlantic[An] effervescent expos ... [A] playful, enlightening tour of the vanguard of evolutionary biology. Scientific American Selected for the Telegraphs best books for summer 2022 and as one of the Guardians 50 hottest new books for a great escape. What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast... | Lucy Cooke Bitch : What does it mean to be female? Paperback Book