Reviews
"[An] extremely well-written popularization of the authors' scientificwork. Covering species as different as tigers and barn swallows, and topics asdiverse as parasitism and parental care, the authors apply their theory to manyaspects of animal behavior that were difficult to explain previously.... Highlyrecommended."--Booklist, "This book is highly readable yet rigorous enough for specialists. Essential for any academic collection and worthwhile for genearal collections."--library Journal, "[An] extremely well-written popularization of the authors' scientific work. Covering species as different as tigers and barn swallows, and topics as diverse as parasitism and parental care, the authors apply their theory to many aspects of animal behavior that were difficult to explainpreviously.... Highly recommended."--Booklist, "Among the most revolutionary and controversial concepts in modern behavioral biology is the handicap principle developed by Zahavi. After initially encountering resistance, it has been receiving increased acceptance for its success in explaining an enormous variety of animal behaviors and anatomical structures, from gazelles' seemingly suicidal displays to men's beards. Read this fine book, and discover what the excitement is all about!"--Jared M. Diamond, Professor of Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles, "By now the Handicap Principle is acknowledged by a growing body ofbiologists, and by joining their forces Amotz and Avishang Zahavi explain theprinciple and how it applies to communicative behaviour between organisms...fromamebas to humans."--Arne Lundberg, Uppsala University, Sweden, "Among the most revolutionary and controversial concepts in modern behavioral biology is the handicap principle developed by Zahavi. After initially encountering resistance, it has been receiving increased acceptance for its success in explaining an enormous variety of animal behaviors andanatomical structures, from gazelles' seemingly suicidal displays to men's beards. Read this fine book, and discover what the excitement is all about!"--Jared M. Diamond, Professor of Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles, "By now the Handicap Principle is acknowledged by a growing body of biologists, and by joining their forces Amotz and Avishang Zahavi explain the principle and how it applies to communicative behaviour between organisms...from amebas to humans."--Arne Lundberg, Uppsala University,Sweden, "Among the most revolutionary and controversial concepts in modernbehavioral biology is the handicap principle developed by Zahavi. Afterinitially encountering resistance, it has been receiving increased acceptancefor its success in explaining an enormous variety of animal behaviors andanatomical structures, from gazelles' seemingly suicidal displays to men'sbeards. Read this fine book, and discover what the excitement is allabout!"--Jared M. Diamond, Professor of Physiology, University of California atLos Angeles, "This book is highly readable yet rigorous enough for specialists.Essential for any academic collection and worthwhile for genearalcollections."--library Journal, "This fascinating, provocative, insightful and controversial book will charm, inform and sometimes infuriate all of those interested in understanding animal and human communication."--Paul Ekman, Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Francisco, "This fascinating, provocative, insightful and controversial book willcharm, inform and sometimes infuriate all of those interested in understandinganimal and human communication."--Paul Ekman, Professor of Psychology,University of California, San Francisco
