Lydia Denworth

Author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond

3 Works 155 Members 4 Reviews

About the Author

Lydia Denworth is the author of two previous books, as well as a contributing editor for Scientific American and blogger for Psychology Today. Her work is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Works by Lydia Denworth

I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey through the Science of Sound and Language (2014) 51 copies

Toxic Truth: A Scientist, a Doctor, and the Battle over Lead (2009) 17 copies

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Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Occupations: science writer
blogger
science journalist
author
Agent: Dorian Karchmar
Short biography: Lydia Denworth is a contributing editor for Scientific American and a blogger for Psychology Today. Her work is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and she lives in Brooklyn, New York. [from Friendship, Norton, 2020]

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Reviews

Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Ext… by Lydia Denworth

Very dry almost-medical text about the biology and science behind friendship.

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bookwyrmm | Apr 1, 2020 |

I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey through… by Lydia Denworth

Very interesting and educational. This should be on the reading list for anyone with a deaf family member

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keindi | 1 other review | Jan 23, 2016 |

I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey through… by Lydia Denworth

A moving and enlightening book of a mother coming to grips with her son's hearing issues, as well as a journalist researching the history and science hearing. Good stuff

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revliz | 1 other review | Aug 13, 2015 |