The psychology of physical attraction /
Viren Swami and Adrian Furnham.
- xv, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-214) and index.
Preface: The Difficulty of Being a Scientist-Interested-in-Physical-Attraction -- What Pythagoras Unleashed Upon the World -- What is Beautiful is Good -- Darwin, Sexual Selection and the Peacock's Tail -- The Naked Woman and Man -- Of Hourglasses and Triangles: Human Body Weight and Shape -- The Venus of Willendorf, Rubens and Milking Huts -- Welcome to the Mating Market -- No One is an Island -- What Future for Physical Attraction?.