Bitch

Name: Bitch
Brand: Transworld Publishers Ltd
SKU: 9781804990919
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What does it mean to be female?

By Lucy Cooke

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( 4,609 ratings, 795 reviews)

Summary

Lucy Cooke's Bitch challenges traditional views on female behaviour in the animal kingdom. Through a blend of science and storytelling, Cooke explores the complexity and diversity of female animal strategies for survival and reproduction, providing a fresh perspective on nature.
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You might like this book if you are interested in exploring the often overlooked and misunderstood aspects of female animals in the natural world, debunking myths and showcasing fascinating scientific discoveries. This book may appeal to you if you enjoy thought-provoking narratives that challenge conventional wisdom and celebrate the diversity of the animal kingdom.

Bitch

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The critically-acclaimed and award-winning zoologist, broadcaster, and author, Lucy Cooke, takes the reader on an incredibly timely and important global journey to meet the animals and scientists that are helping to redefine what is female.

What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.

Whether it's the female lemurs of Madagascar, dominating the males of their species both physically and politically, the female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii, or the murderous meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert, the bitches in Bitch overturn outdated binary expectations of bodies, brains, biology, and behaviour.

In her trailblazing new book, Lucy Cooke offers a timely look at how sexist bias polluted evolutionary biology, and through her riotous cast of bad-ass female animals shows the scientific patriarchy what's what.

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Bitch by Lucy Cooke explores the surprising and often kinky sex lives of the animal kingdom, debunking long-held sexist myths in evolutionary biology. Critics praise it as hilarious, enlightening, and a significant contribution to the field. Cooke's engaging and humorous writing style makes complex scientific ideas accessible and entertaining.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804990919

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 278g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Lucy Cooke has a Master's in Zoology from the University of Oxford, where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins. She is the author of two previous books, A Little Book of Sloth, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Unexpected Truth about Animals, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize and has been translated into seventeen languages. She has also written for The Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Lucy is also an award-winning broadcaster and documentary filmmaker. Initially working behind the scenes in television comedy, she is now a regular on Radio 4 and has presented prime-time series for BBC, ITV and National Geographic.