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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend Paperback - 2008

by Barbara Oakley

Borne out of a quest to understand her sister Carolyn's lifelong sinister behavior, the author sets out on an exploration of malevolent individuals. A tour-de-force of popular science writing that brilliantly melds scientific research with intriguing family history, this work puts both a human and scientific face to evil.


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Barbara A. Oakley, PhD (Rochester, MI), has been dubbed a female Indiana Jones—her writing combines worldwide adventure with solid research expertise. Among other adventures, she has worked as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea, served as radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and risen from Private to Regular Army Captain in the US Army. Currently an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan, Oakley is a recent vice president of the world's largest bioengineering society and holds a doctorate in the integrative discipline of systems engineering.

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  • Title Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend
  • Author Barbara Oakley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 59730th
  • Pages 478
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Prometheus Books
  • Date 2008-10-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781591026655 / 1591026652
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.28 x 1.01 in (22.81 x 15.95 x 2.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Good and evil - Psychological aspects
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.7

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"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

"'Scientific non-fiction' and 'page turner' aren’t two phrases I’d expect in the same sentence, but for the remarkable Evil Genes, they fit."
--William A. Wulf, President Emeritus, National Academy of Engineering

About the author

Barbara A. Oakley, PhD (Rochester, MI), has been dubbed a female Indiana Jones--her writing combines worldwide adventure with solid research expertise. Among other adventures, she has worked as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea, served as radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and risen from Private to Regular Army Captain in the US Army. Currently an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan, Oakley is a recent vice president of the world's largest bioengineering society and holds a doctorate in the integrative discipline of systems engineering.
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