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“A hugely enjoyable book written with authority, easy charm and a great deal of wit. . . . This is science communication as it should be done: authoritative but never dull, engaging but never dumbed down. . . . [A] beautiful book.”—Times Higher Education
“Delightful and enlightening.”—Natural History
“Ryan charms readers with his account of attraction in the animal kingdom, including humans.”—Scientific American
“How Darwin would have loved a book such as this.”—BBC Wildlife
“Ryan offers much to enjoy in his provocative book.”—Publishers Weekly
“Replete with entertaining stories of the sexual marketplace that we and the rest of the animal world inhabit."—Kirkus Reviews

A Taste for the Beautiful

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael J. Ryan

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 25 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9780691191393
      978-0691191393
      ISBN-10 0691191395

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “A hugely enjoyable book written with authority, easy charm and a great deal of wit. . . . This is science communication as it should be done: authoritative but never dull, engaging but never dumbed down. . . . [A] beautiful book.”—Times Higher Education
      “Delightful and enlightening.”—Natural History
      “Ryan charms readers with his account of attraction in the animal kingdom, including humans.”—Scientific American
      “How Darwin would have loved a book such as this.”—BBC Wildlife
      “Ryan offers much to enjoy in his provocative book.”—Publishers Weekly
      “Replete with entertaining stories of the sexual marketplace that we and the rest of the animal world inhabit."—Kirkus Reviews

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