12 Best science books like Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

By: Frans de Waal

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with…

"I seriously doubt that the smile is our species’s “happy"

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"I seriously doubt that the smile is our species’s “happy"

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"Estar resentido por el éxito de otro puede parecer mezquino, pero a la larga evita que abusen de uno."

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"Estar resentido por el éxito de otro puede parecer mezquino, pero a la larga evita que abusen de uno."

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

If you liked the science plot in Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree #1)

By: Colin Cotterill

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The launch of a brand new series by the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed author of… read more

Similar categories in Colin Cotterill's Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree #1) book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • audiobook
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2. Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human

By: Matt Ridley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acclaimed author Matt Ridley's thrilling follow-up to his bestseller Genome. Armed with the extraor… read more

Similar categories in Matt Ridley's Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • biology
  • evolution
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

By: Jonathan Balcombe

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A New York TimesBestseller Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can the… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Balcombe's What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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4. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

By: Daniel C. Dennett

4.07

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Bos… read more

Similar categories in Daniel C. Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • biology
  • evolution
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications."

-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

"I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics."

-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination. —Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995"

-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

"Science, however, is not just a matter of making mistakes, but of making mistakes in public. Making mistakes for all to see, in the hopes of getting the others to help with the corrections."

-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

5. Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

By: Carl Safina

3.00

Format: 81 pages,

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6. The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey

By: Salman Rushdie

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the po… read more

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7. The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions

By: None , None

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us… read more

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8. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • science
  • biology
  • evolution
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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9. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

Similar categories in Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • audiobook
  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. by Sy Montgomery

10. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

By: Sy Montgomery

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and  New York Times  bestseller Sy Montgome… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • science
  • biology
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."

-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

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11. The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes

By: Orin Starn

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru even after the fall of gl… read more

Similar categories in Orin Starn's The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
  • audiobook
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12. Notes on Resistance

By: Noam Chomsky

4.35

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Noam Chomsky dissects the multiple crises facing humankind and the planet; and provides a road map … read more

Similar categories in Noam Chomsky's Notes on Resistance book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Greatest Evil is War

By: Chris Hedges

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondent… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hedges's The Greatest Evil is War book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
  • audiobook
"The heroes of war and the heroes of sport are indistinguishable in militarized societies. War is sold to a gullible public as a noble game... War is not a sport. It is about killing. It is dirty, mes…"

-Chris Hedges, The Greatest Evil is War

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14. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

By: David Quammen

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our un… read more

Similar categories in David Quammen's The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • science
  • biology
  • evolution
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan

15. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

Similar categories in Venki Ramakrishnan's Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • biology
  • nonfiction
  • science
  • audiobook
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16. Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

By: Frans de Waal

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with… read more

Similar categories in Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • science
  • biology
  • evolution
  • animals
  • psychology
  • anthropology
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I seriously doubt that the smile is our species’s “happy"

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"Estar resentido por el éxito de otro puede parecer mezquino, pero a la larga evita que abusen de uno."

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"Nuestros sentimientos de felicidad dependen de la comparación entre los ingresos propios y los ajenos."

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

"Al ser parte del tejido de la naturaleza, constantemente sopesamos nuestros intereses con los de otros organismos, casi siempre a favor de los nuestros."

-Frans de Waal, Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Cover of The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves by Keith Law

17. The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

By: Keith Law

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart … read more

Similar categories in Keith Law's The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves book and Frans de Waal's Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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18. Tales from the Ant World

By: Edward O. Wilson

4.08

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of … read more

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  • science
  • biology
  • animals
  • natural history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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19. The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

By: Ainissa Ramirez

3.93

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon a clever and engaging look… read more

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  • audiobook
  • anthropology
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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20. Marie Curie ja tyttäret : Nobelisteja, edelläkävijöitä, seikkailijoita

By: Claudine Monteil

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Kahdesti Nobel-palkittu Marie Curie taisteli tasa-arvoisesta kohtelusta hyvin miehisessä tiedemaail… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Trappole alimentari: Cosa è andato storto nella nostra dieta e come rimediare (Italian Edition) by Stefano Vendrame

21. Trappole alimentari: Cosa è andato storto nella nostra dieta e come rimediare (Italian Edition)

By: Stefano Vendrame

4.46

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

«Sono quattro le cose che non finiscono mai di sorprendermi: primo, quanto di­sastrosa sia la dieta… read more

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  • nonfiction

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