Marlene Zuk
Marlene Zuk is a TED speaker who has written 1 quality-verified book, paired here with their talk.
Marlene Zuk is a biologist and writer who researches animal behavior and evolution, mostly using insects as subjects. Zuk is interested in the ways that people use animal behavior to think about human behavior, and vice versa, as well as in the public's understanding of evolution. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota -- including a seminar called “What’s the Alternative to Alternative Medicine?” In addition to publishing numerous scientific articles, Zuk has published four books for a general audience: Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can’t Learn About Sex from Animals; Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are; Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World; and most recently, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet and the Way We Live.
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What books has Marlene Zuk written?
Marlene Zuk has written 1 book in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Sexual Selection". It is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Marlene Zuk write about?
Marlene Zuk's books on Books Worth Reading cover Psychology & Mind.
What is Marlene Zuk known for?
Marlene Zuk brings a refreshingly skeptical eye to the intersection of biology, behavior, and popular belief. As an evolutionary biologist who studies animal behavior through the lens of insects, Zuk has dedicated her career to examining how humans project their own assumptions onto the natural worl...
What is Marlene Zuk's TED talk?
Marlene Zuk's TED talk is "What we learn from insects' sex lives" (2015). It is paired with their book on Books Worth Reading.