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 EAN: 9780316643719 Format: Import ISBN: 0316643718 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Pages: 325 Publication Date: 1999 Publisher: Doubleday Studio: Doubleday Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Dissects the science of beautyThe book 'Survival of the Prettiest' is a great read and helps one truly understand the role that beauty plays in our daily lives as well as the reasons for different types of behavior in people. It is extensively researched and a must read. With over seventy pages in references, the author truly knows what he/she is talking about. Rating: - Beauty is not Skin DeepThe studies about babies staring at people who are definably more attractive are fascinating. Also the perimeters of beauty are also intriguing. Rating: - Nicely researchedAbout: Guide to what humans find beautiful and attractive about each other Pros: Interesting, very thorough, well researched. Cons: Almost a bit too well researched, the multitude of facts and studies thrown about can bog the reader down. You're pretty much guaranteed to feel worse about at least one part of your appearance after reading this book. Grade: B+ Rating: - In the eye of the beholderMany of the reviews here complains about this being not a book scientifically strong enough. But even looking at the index you can see what the text is about from the chapters 'the nature of beauty', 'beauty as bait', 'cover me', 'feature presentation' and 'fashion runaway'... since the book is written by someone like Dr. Etcoff, everybody expects the scientific cold point of view evident in every page. But for many other disciplines the text is perfectly able to open wide a ... Read More Rating:  - Good for pop psychology, but highly unscientific.This is a fun read for the layman, but it is not very scientific, furthermore, it is does not stand up to even the most basic scrutiny-don't think too hard if you want to enjoy this one! For example, the idea that women are Darwinistically selected for their beauty is a hard buy. In all species except humans, males compete for the right to mate with females, but females can ALWAYS reproduce and pass on their genes; females do not need to force males to mate with them. Can you imagine ... Read More 
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