I initially decided to go for a copy of this book since it sounded interesting and I wanted to add some more nonfiction books to my TBR pile. I'm glad I chose this one. It's an intriguing look into behavioral sciences, evolution, and the mind. It's informative and well written. I'd recommend it to anyone that has an interest in either evolution or behavioral sciences.

This book attempts to reintegrate two fields of study, Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science, that have been critical of each other since the beginning. The editors did this by asking well-known experts in each field to write a paper on a specific topic (e.g. learning, language, emotions, etc) without either person knowing of the other then having those same authors read each the other's paper, then having a conversation moderated by the editors of this book; those conversations were made into compact dialogues that were included into the book along with the papers. This book is very much an academic book, and therefore the writing is inaccessible, and dry, to anyone who does not have a background in either field. That being said, I learned a lot from this book and I would recommend it to anyone with interest in either field.

This should have been available when I was writing my Project Paper six years ago, but even I know that to wish for all that is like calling the sun out on shining. This book is an ideal read for anyone who is interested in behavioral science and most of all, in the endless possibilities research provide us today. I requested to read this book off NetGalley because one, I wanted to show off to my friend that I knew a thing or two about new trends in BS and she knew so little about ES. The other one was to add onto what I knew. The first reason worked in my favor, I am still working on the second one.