BARBARA OAKLEY Explorations in mind and place
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One of the nicest things I've learned about writing a book like Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend is that it's possible to bring fresh perspectives to fascinating subjects by applying knowledge from many different disciplines. I think it's as important to use the latest breakthroughs from science as it is to use real world insights.
I've gotten my real world insights by working in lots of different places and doing very different things: serving as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers up in the Bering Sea, teaching in China, going from US Army private to Regular Army Captain, and working as a radio operator at the South Pole Station in the Antarctic. (I met my husband there—I had to go to the end of the earth to meet that man!) It's the common sense insights that help tell the story—and I love good stories. My last book, Evil Genes, is focused on people who are naturally nasty. My next book will be about a murder in Millard County, Utah, and the subtle neuroscience that underlies the behavior of both the abuser and the abused. Tentative titles are Neurosleuth and Killing with Kindness. Feel free pop me an e-mail if you'd like to be notified when this next book is out. Meanwhile, you can catch a recent clip of me giving a quick discussion of Evil Genes on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. And you can learn more about Evil Genes and my other works by clicking here. I blog as Scalliwag at Psychology Today. |
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