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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment is a 2017 book by Robert Wright. As of August 2017, the book had peaked at The New York Times No. 4 bestseller in hardcover nonfiction. [1]
Wright was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, into a Southern Baptist [2] family and attended public secondary schools in San Francisco, California, and San Antonio, Texas. A self-described "Army brat", [3] Wright attended Texas Christian University for a year in the late 1970s, before transferring to Princeton University, where he studied sociobiology, a precursor to evolutionary psychology. [2]
Pages in category "Books by Robert Wright (journalist)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
The Moral Animal was a national bestseller and has been published in 12 languages; The New York Times Book Review chose it as one of its eleven Best Books of 1994. [1] The linguist Steven Pinker praised The Moral Animal as a "fiercely intelligent, beautifully written and engrossingly original book" but "found his [Wright's] larger ethical arguments problematic."
Parents and caregivers can now find Ms. Rachel's new books, "100 First Words," "My First Coloring Book" and "Potty Time with Bean," wherever books are sold. Extended interview: Jamie Dimon Jamie ...
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny is a 1999 book by Robert Wright, in which the author argues that biological evolution and cultural evolution are shaped and directed first and foremost by "non-zero-sumness" i.e., the prospect of creating new interactions that are not zero-sum. [1]
Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet, credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. It is based on an 1881 piece by Russian composer Alexander Borodin . Background
Robert Eric Wright (born January 1, 1969 [1] in Rochester, N.Y.) is a business, economic, financial, and monetary historian and the inaugural Rudy and Marilyn Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [2]