Nathan H. Lents is a professor of biology and director of the Honors College at John Jay College of the City University of New York. His research, published in leading science journals, explores evolutionary biology and how evolution has shaped the human mind and body. Through his blogs and popular press articles, Lents aims to make complex scientific concepts accessible to a broad audience, offering an engaging perspective on human nature from an evolutionary standpoint.
A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
In Human Errors, Nathan Lents explores our biological imperfections with style, wit and life-affirming insight. You'll finish it with new appreciation for those human failings that, in so many surprising ways, helped shape our remarkable species DEBORAH BLUM, author of The Poisoner's Handbook