The book by young science journalist Asya Kazantseva is about the «main biological traps that prevent us from living happily and behaving well». Relying mostly on authoritative scientific works and only sometimes on personal experience, the author tells in an engaging and accessible way where harmful habits come from, why in November it’s so hard to work, and what substances lie at the basis of the «chemistry of love».
A graduate of the biofaculty of St. Petersburg State University, Asya Kazantseva is an ardent popularizer of big science. She was one of the creators of the «Progress» program on the Fifth Channel and a participant in the «Science 2.0» project on the Russia TV channel; her articles and columns were published in a wide range of publications—from «Troytsky Variant» to Men’s Health. «How the Brain Makes Us Do Stupid Things» is her first book.