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    Title
    Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why
    Subtitle
    The Science of Sexual Orientation
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Simon LeVay
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 432
    Width: 150 mm
    Height: 216 mm
    Thickness: 34 mm
    Weight: 607 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    College/higher education
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780199737673
    ISBN 10: 0199737673
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: SCI072000
    Dewey: 155.3
    BISAC category code: PSY016000
    BISAC category code: SOC012000
    BISAC category code: LAN009000
    BISAC category code: PSY008000
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S2.3
    Illustrations note
    20 line-cuts and 3 half-tones
    Publisher
    Oxford University Press Inc
    Imprint name
    Oxford University Press Inc
    Publication date
    17 December 2010
    Publication City/Country
    New York/US
    Review quote
    "Although the book's chief appeal probably will be to professionals dealing with these issues, other interested readers will find it an informative and generally approachable read." --Publishers Weekly "Simon LeVay, a former Harvard neuroscientist, has written, Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation, a comprehensive, engaging and occasionally quite funny look at the current state of the research on the topic." --Schuyler Velasco, Salon "This book will serve both as a resource for researchers looking for what is yet unknown and what questions need further research and as a fascinating read for the educated layperson, who will be intrigued by some of the factors that may relate to homosexuality... Recommended." -- Choice "LeVay also does a nice job illustrating that the argument for sexual orientation as determined is not a singular cause-and-effect argument...Yet, it is important for scholars and clinicians alike across various paradigms to be aware of the research reviewed in Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why." --PsycCritiques "Simon LeVay's book, Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why, offers an excellent review of scientific research on the causes and correlates of sexual orientation. It provides a clear and comprehensive summary of recent studies of sexual orientation- a review that should be useful to lay people and journalists as well as to professionals in the field. LeVay has a knack for describing complicated scientific topics- brain anatomy, behavior genetics, endocrinology, cognitive psychology- in straight-forward and easy-to-understand ways. He provides the reader with a good sense of where research on sexual orientation stands today, and where further research is needed." -- Richard Lippa, Sex Roles "The theory that sexual orientation has a biological basis receives support in neuroscientist Simon LeVay's book. Relating evidence from genetics, neuroscience and developmental biology, he s