Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health (Vintage) - Tapa blanda

"Full of fascinating stories. . . . I was beguiled." --Atul Gawande, M.D., bestselling author of Complications

"Provocative. . . . It's exciting to watch a doctor discovering just how much the animal kingdom has to teach her." --Carl Zimmer, The Daily Beast

"Illuminating . . . [and] difficult to put down. . . . Reading Zoobiquity gave this reader a totally new perspective on his furred and feathered neighbors." --Dennis Rosen, The Boston Globe

"[A] pacy, readable, and entertaining manifesto for a zoobiquitous approach to health and wellbeing, to be welcomed by vets and other human animals."--The Observer (London)

"Not only [have the authors] presented a very credible argument for collaboration between disciplines, but she has done so in a most entertaining and beautifully written manner." --New York Journal of Books

"[The authors] make a convincing case. . . . You will find the argument hard to resist. Plus you will have some killer dinner party gems." --New Scientist

"Tremendously interesting and beautifully written. . . . At once entertaining and respectful of the reader's intelligence." --Winnipeg Free Press

"Profoundly illuminating. . . . As clarion and perception-altering as works by Oliver Sacks, Michael Pollan, and E. O. Wilson." --Booklist (starred review)

"The book features countless intriguing anecdotes. . . . After finishing, you're guaranteed to never look at your dog, cat, or any other animal the same way again." --Publishers Weekly

"The authors provide solid evidence that humans are not as far removed from the rest of the natural world as we might have thought. Engaging [and] useful." --Kirkus Reviews

"This beautifully written book is loaded with fascinating material that makes a compelling case for viewing human health and disease comparatively. We have more to learn from other species than I had ever suspected. Gripping and memorably engaging, it belongs in the hands of anyone with an ounce of curiosity about the biological sources of the human condition." --Stephen Stearns, Ph.D., Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

"Fascinating reading about the similarities in both the physiology and behavior of people and animals." --Temple Grandin, Ph.D., author of Animals Make Us Human

"The connections we share with the rest of life on our planet are a source of beauty and, in Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers' luminous new account, the inspiration for an emerging and powerful approach to human health." --Neil Shubin, paleontologist and author of Your Inner Fish

"This important book shatters barriers between disciplines and professions. . . . A 'must read' for students interested in animals and evolution who are considering careers as biologists, ethologists, physicians, veterinarians, nurses, dentists, psychotherapists, nutritionists and many others." --Marc Bekoff, author of Minding Animals and The Emotional Lives of Animals, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals