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The Essential Difference

Paperback • 2012 • English

The Essential Difference

By Simon Baron-Cohen

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About the book

Simon Baron-Cohen's The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain is an unflinching look at the scientific evidence behind the innate sex differences of the mind. Men and women have always seemed to think in entirely different ways, from conversation and communication to games and gadgets. But are these differences created by society, or do our minds come ready-wired one way or another, with female brains tending towards interaction and male towards organisation? And could this...Show more

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ISBN

9780241961353

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

The Essential Difference

Format

Paperback

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