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Robin Hanson reviews The Secret of Our Success on Overcoming Bias

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Economist Robin Hanson reviews Dr. Henrich's latest book, The Secret of Our Success , on his popular blog, Overcoming Bias. Read his review here: "How Plastic Are Values?" .

New Scientist Magazine reviews The Secret of Our Success

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Alun Anderson, writing for New Scientist magazine, discusses The Secret of Our Success in tandem with Vyvyan Evans' new book, The Crucible of Language. Read "Time to rethink what makes us special".

A new review in Psychology Today

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Glenn Altschuler reviews The Secret of Our Success in his Psychology Today column This Is America. Read "The Art (and Science) of 'Aping'" here.

The Secret of Our Success featured in Nature's "Books in Brief"

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Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks for Nature.

National Science Teachers Association recommends The Secret of Our Success

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The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) reviews The Secret of Our Success for NSTA Recommends, a source for thoughtful, objective recommendations of science-teaching materials. Read their review here.

Recent Nature article on supernatural punishment featured in Nature News & Views

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Dominic Johnson discusses Henrich & colleague's latest Nature article, "Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality" (Purzycki, 2016), in a Nature News & Views piece.

Dr. Henrich weighs into Planet Money

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Dr. Henrich chats with David Kestenbaum of Planet Money about trade among the Machiguenga. Listen to the full podcast here.

Dr. Henrich gives a book talk to the Commonwealth Club of California

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Dr. Henrich gave a talk about his latest book, The Secret of Our Success, to Commonwealth Club of California. Listen to his talk here.

Upcoming Book Lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Join Dr. Henrich for a lecture on The Secret of Our Success and book signing at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, on Wednesday, February 24th at 6:00 pm. For more information, visit the Museum of Natural History website.

Video: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna on innovation in the collective brain

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Dr. Michael Muthukrishna of the London School of Economics discusses his recent paper with Dr. Henrich, "Innovation in the Collective Brain", published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. To be an innovator, he says, "it's better to be...

Dr. Henrich discusses The Secret of Our Success on Quirks & Quarks

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Listen to Dr. Henrich's interview with Canadian science journalist Bob McDonald of Quirks & Quarks. An internationally lauded radio science program, Quirks & Quarks presents listeners with the latest discoveries in science, technology, medicine, and the...

Video: Dr. Henrich gives a talk at Google

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See Dr. Henrich's recent talk at Google on The Secret of Our Success, part of the "Talks at Google" series. Watch the video here .