Jena Pincott's Reviews
Reviews of Jena’s Work
Oct.10.2011
Published by Boston Globe
Pregnancy is full of paradoxes. As Jena Pincott points out in this entertaining look at some of the big questions about babies and birth, our stomachs are weakest when we need...
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Sep.12.2011
Published by Kirkus (starred review)
Known for her previous research on love and sexual attraction, the author makes a natural transition in her latest. Delving into the science of pregnancy, parenthood and fetal...
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Sep.12.2011
Published by Publishers Weekly
Science writer Pincott (Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?) began her research when she was pregnant; her daughter was born during the writing process, and she describes the...
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Published by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Weekly St
“Playfully written scientific anecdotes.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“It becomes obvious that we are aware of only a small part of what drives our choices when it comes...
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Oct.31.2008
Published by Associated Press
Author reviews odd research into science of love
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By DINESH RAMDE
"Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? Bodies, Behavior and Brains — The Science Behind Sex, Love...
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Sep.01.2008
Published by Library Journal
Former science editor Pincott explores the science of attraction based on the latest scientific studies in biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and the cognitive...
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Aug.21.2008
Published by Publishers Weekly
[starred review] Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? Bodies, Behavior, and Brains—the Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
Jena Pincott. Delacorte, $20 (384p) ISBN 978-0-385...
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Pincott writes with humor and vibrancy, bringing science to life.
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—Publishers Weekly
About Jena
Jena Pincott writes about the quirky, hidden side of science -- the shocking, subconscious, under-the-radar stuff. She is the author of Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: Exploring the Surprising Science of Pregnancy, which received a Kirkus starred...