Steven Rose

Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and, with this, perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy, and neuroeducation. With its promise to cure physical and social ills, the government sees neuroscience as a tool to increase the 'mental capital' of the children...

Not in Our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities in class, race, and gender are the products of biological and genetic inheritances. "Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty...never dull...should be read and remembered for a long time." - New York Times Book Review "The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do...