Babywatching
by Desmond Morris
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Paperback edition to this guide to the first 12 months of human life. In a revealing portrait of life, from the baby's point of view, Desmond Morris answers the questions parents ask: Do babies dream? What makes them cry, or smile? How well can they hear, smell and taste? and more.Tags
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I probably would have enjoyed this about the time my older boys were born, although I would have considered the complaints about maternity wards out-of-date. Wait a minute. The book wasn't written for another 10 years! Where was he writting about?
Other than that the information is partly interesting, partly questionable (even then), and a lot of interesting information is missing. I would suggest that new parents get their information about babies somewhere else. Still, the pictures are cute, and if you have no other sources of information, you might learn something. If only that most aspects of parenting are subject to changing customs.
Other than that the information is partly interesting, partly questionable (even then), and a lot of interesting information is missing. I would suggest that new parents get their information about babies somewhere else. Still, the pictures are cute, and if you have no other sources of information, you might learn something. If only that most aspects of parenting are subject to changing customs.
Bought when our first baby arrived. We found it interesting casual reading (when we had any time left to read), but not particularly informative or useful.
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Desmond Morris was born January 24, 1928 in Purton, North Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He is a British zoologist, ethologist, author, and surrealist painter. After Morris' military service, he attended the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1951 with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954, he received a D.Phil from Oxford show more University. After graduation, Morris was a Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo until 1966. Morris was a presenter of the ITV television program "Zoo Time" in the 1950s, but may be best-known for his 1967 best-selling book, The Naked Ape, which describes the evolution of human behavior from a zoological point-of-view. Morris has authored nearly fifty scientific publications. show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Mikä vauvaa naurattaa
- Original publication date
- 1991
- First words
- It is not exaggerating to say that the human infant is the most remarkable life-form ever to draw breath on this planet. (Introduction)
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Which name was applied to which individual was originally probably arbitrary, but once the B, the M, and the P consonants were linked to the child, the mother, and the father respectively, there was no turning back.
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Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 305.232 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Groups of people Age groups Young people up to 20
- LCC
- HQ774 .M665 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Children. Child development
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- 151
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.42)
- Languages
- 9 — Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 28
- ASINs
- 3
