MARY BATTEN

MARY BATTEN HAS A NEW WEBSITE. CLICK ON www.marybatten.com

She is the author of: Sexual Strategies: How Females Choose Their Mates published by: Tarcher/Putnam,1994.

She has appeared on OPRAH, TOM SNYDER, and various other television shows. Other books include:

NEW BOOKS

         

Anthropologist: Scientist of the People

A Book about anthropologist Magdalena Hurtado and her work with the Aché, a group of hunter gatherers in Paraguay
(Houghton Mifflin's "Scientists in the Field" Series, 2001)
Named "Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12"
by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council

           The Winking, Blinking Sea

A Children's book about bioluminescent sea creatures
(Millbrook Press, 2000); Named one of the "Best Children's Books of the Year" by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education

  EXTINCT! CREATURES OF THE PAST

A Children's book about strange extinct animals from long ago.
(Golden Books, 2000)

          Hungry Plants

A Children's book about carnivorous plants
(Golden Books, 2000) Used in Chicago Public Schools Summer Reading Program

   Baby Wolf (Grosset & Dunlap, 1998)

Shark Attack (Random House, 1997)

Nature's Tricksters (Sierra Club Books/Little Brown, 1992)

Discovery By Chance (Funk & Wagnalls)

The Tropical Forest: Ants, Ants, Animals and Plants (T.Y. Crowell)

Her magazine articles appear in:

• Cosmopolitan
• Ladies Home Journal
• Modern Maturity
• Shape
• International Wildlife
• Science Digest
• Calypso Log and others.

Click for a more extensive biography. For a list of recent books and articles, click here: Recent Works     Filmography      Bibliography Quotes From Sexual Strategies "Female choice functions to screen males and select those of highest mate value." "Female choice may have influenced the shape and size of penises." "Human mate choice is one of the oldest, coldest business deals known." "Male sexual jealousy plays a major role in human violence." "We may teach our children that honesty is the best policy, but natural selection favors the skillful lie." "In a very real sense, female mammals subsidize males' reproductive success with their time, energy, and sometimes their lives." "Evolutionary biology is as necessary in the curriculum as language. Without a knowledge of evolutionary biology, we cannot hope to understand the human animal or the problems we face." What Reviewers Say About Sexual Strategies "Fun and delightful to read, offering an abundance of fascinating facts."        The New York Times Book Review "A compelling read,  full of 'Oh yeah's' and 'I see, I see.' Also, it is an empowering book for women and a validating book for what men have suspected all along.       Dana Peach       To read entire review online, click       The Authoritative Matchmaker "Mary Batten has done more to educate and convince the public than most scientists will ever do. Sexual Strategies is one of the best pieces of science writing I have ever seen."       Napoleon A. Chagnon, Ph.D.       Professor of Anthropology       University of California at Santa Barbara       Author: Yanomamo: The Last Days of Eden "Sexual Strategies is a little gem: a beautifully researched and concise introduction to animal mating systems and the clearest available account on the biology of female choice."      Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Ph.D.      Professor of Anthropology      University of California at Davis      Author: Mother Nature: A History of Mothers,           Infants, and Natural Selection "Sexual Strategies is one of the best guides I have seen to the players, the rules, and the likely outcomes of one of evolution's longest playing games."      Jack W. Bradbury, Professor of Biology      University of California at San Diego To  learn more, click on Read All About It. Mary Batten's books are available at Barnes&Noble.com

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