Open AccessBook Review: The Biology of Beauty: The Science behind Human Attractiveness
Author(s) -
Megan Coder
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.58.4.7170
Subject(s) - beauty , attractiveness , sociology , foundation (evidence) , subject (documents) , biological sciences , evolutionary psychology , epistemology , social science , aesthetics , biology , art , philosophy , history , library science , computer science , archaeology , computational biology
Rachelle M. Smith, an associate professor of psychology and the chair of social sciences at Husson University, is the author of this one-volume work. The subject of beauty is complex and has been heavily researched among many academic disciplines like anthropology, biology, evolutionary studies, psychology, and sociology. This research “has added to a foundation of understanding what it means to be attractive and the biological underpinnings of beauty” (vii).