Evolution is a series of bets, and no animal gambles the way humans do. This has led us to unprecedented ecological dominance, via the steepest odds and unlikeliest of outcomes, but our winning streak cuts both ways: the secret to our success may yet be our downfall.
The Gambling Animal offers a revelatory retelling of the human story. Drawing on their unique research into the management of risk by humans and other animals - including our most impressive compatriots, elephants - Glenn Harrison and Don Ross reveal the hidden logic of our rise. But with an ecological crisis on the horizon, how long can our winning streak continue?
Hensn Kirschbm
Robert Jay Lifton
Alice Miller
Robert Coles
Dr Ellen Vora
Sheena Iyengar
Jessie Hewitson
Daniel Schreiber
Dr Alexandra Shaker
Catherine Asta
Cathy Laver-Bradbury
Irvin D. Yalom
Kate Hill
Erin Leonard
Esther Grant
Erich Fromm
Jamil Zaki
Joe Oliver
Vienna Pharaon
Kasley Killam
Britt Frank
Dr Sabina Brennan
Daan Heerma van Voss
Charlie Webster
Dr Galit Atlas
Sara Kuburic
Dasha Kiper
Anna Motz
Patrick House
Dr. Gail Saltz
Jennifer Barnett
Emma Hepburn
Erich Fromm
Elizabeth Ricker
Suddendorf Thomas
Scott Barry Kaufman
Carolyn Ainscough
Robin Dreeke
Aaron Ahuvia
Edward Slingerland
Hugh Miller
Martha Stout
Michael Britt
Signe Whitson
Tanja Sharpe
Britt Frank
Professor Marissa King
Juliet Rosenfeld
Sheena Iyengar
Jones Chris
Frank Tallis
Lauren Martin
Windy Dryden
Windy Dryden
Rhyannon Byrd
Bonanno George
Sarah Rose Cavanagh
W. Christopher Winter
Richard Taylor
Betsy de Thierry
Chris Paley
Susan R. Barry
Noreena Hertz
Edward Slingerland
Fiona Murden
Jo Cooke
Dr Tim Cantopher
Tiffany Watt Smith
Marco Magrini
Stanislav Grof
Alyson Mountjoy
Eric R. Kandel
Dr Kenneth Bock
Lucy-Anne Holmes
Janina Scarlet
Alexander Kriss
Alex Iantaffi
Jamil Zaki
Kim S.Golding
David Robson
Tim Cantopher
Frank Tallis
Louise Michelle Bombèr
Christopher C. H. Cook
Luke Beardon
Tim Cantopher
Tim Cantopher
Roger Pearman
Michael Rosen
Gillihan Seth
Karl Ryberg
Margo Fuchs Knill
Betsy de Thierry
Tish Feilden
Terence V. Mccann
Suzanne Darley
Abigail Marsh
Leonard Sax
Aidan Harvey-Craig
Nesrine Malik
Patrice Lawrence
Mark Papworth
Fiona Fisher Bullivant
Noreen O'Sullivan
Abby Ellin
Claudia Gold
Dr. Ross Ellenhorn
James Withey
Dawnn Karen
Vivek H. Murthy
Mona Delahooke
Kimberly M. Zieselman
Dr Karen Gurney
Alex Stitt
Kerry Daynes
Deborah Ward
Frances Cole
Cory Muscara
Harold Koenig
Peter Hawkins
Julie Hall
Prof. Daphna Joel
Whitaker Robert
Sarah Vohra
Susie Orbach
Luke Beardon
Richard E. Nisbett
Alexander Kriss
Phillipe Tahon
Harriet Dyer
Dr. Jessamy Hibberd
Andrew Wallas
Alex Iantaffi
Cynthia Turner
Marco Magrini
Joanne Lipman
John Kim (Therapist)
Digby Tantam
Gordon Gates
Helen Thomson
Kati Morton
Graham Davey
Martin Perry
Ariane Sherine
Michele J. Gelfand
Ramesh Manocha
João Medeiros
Mike Brearley
Sarah Mckay
Fiona Fisher Bullivant
C. Thomas Gualtieri
Keith Payne
Jo Wi Iddon
Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Ron Powers
Martin Seligman
Robert O. Friedel
Tejvan Pettinger
Gareth Southwell
Kay Toon
Susie Orbach
Frances Cole
Ruth Snowden
Sandi Mann
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Alex Blaszczynski
Abigail Marsh
Vijaya Silove Manicavasagar
Mike Brearley
Bernadette Russell
Sherry Turkle
Robert A. Forde
Tali Sharot
Peter Bazalgette
Michael Crowe
Claudia Herbert
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Caroline Mitchell
Joe Moran
Sarah Tomley
No Author Listed
Matthew Mills
Srini Pillay
John Powell
No Author Listed
Simon McCarthy-Jones
Charles Fernyhough
Mary Aiken
Ian Leslie
Matthew Syed
Dr Wenn Lawson
Gary Klein
Giovanni Frazzetto
Ron Powers
Bo Hejlskov Elvén
Marcantonio Spada
William Davies
Melanie Fennell
Francine Shapiro
Jackie Arnold
John Marzillier
Michael Gazzaniga
Mary Aiken
Marc Lewis
No Author Listed
Paddy-Joe Moran
Christine Temple
Sian Williams
Richard Stephens
Anthony Seldon
Claudia M. Gold
Jeffrey Lieberman
Sandi Mann
Irvin D. Yalom
Susan Elliot-Wright
No Author Listed
Jill Dann
Richard Crisp
Alice Whieldon
Satwant Singh
Richard Stephens
Heather Castillo
Ben Ambridge
Christine Wilding
Neil Brewer
Ian Leslie
Matthew Hertenstein
Julia Bascom
Melvin Kaplan
Matthew Johnstone
Pamela Myles
Harriet Brown
Irvin D. Yalom
Christopher Dowrick
Jeremy Raymond
Cynthia Kim
Polly Waite
Peter Kinderman
Mark Williams
Kate Figes
Scott Weems
Kenneth Aitken
Sue Johnson
Katie Piper
Aaron James
Rita Carter
Nicky Hayes
John Holt
Thomas Maier
Carlin Flora
Irvin D. Yalom
Jesse Bering
Linda Blair
Stephen Joseph
No Author Listed
Catherine Sangster
Alice Muir
No Author Listed
Irvin D. Yalom
Lisa Appignanesi
Kate Figes
No Author Listed
Renata Salecl
Fiona Harrold
Ian Andrew James
Ethan Watters
Larry Culliford
Wendy Lawson
Robert Whitaker
Stefan Einhorn
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Reneau Z. Peurifoy
Linda Woodcock
Leonora Todd Brosan
Martha Beck
Christopher Freeman
Peter J. Cooper
Michael Chez
Paul Gilbert
Larry C. James
Gillian Butler
Lillian Rubin
Vera Peiffer
Isabel Myers
Derrick Silove
Sam Gosling
Wayne W. Dyer
Rob Veale Willson
Nick Dubin
Lisa Appignanesi
Linda Babcock
Saks Elyn
Biddy Youell
Michael Chez
Stefan Einhorn
Rita Carter
Melanie Klein
Elaine Showalter
Joanna Field
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Susan Elliot-Wright
Brenda Hogan
Kate Figes
Joseph Ledoux
Lisa Appignanesi
Dominic Streatfeild
Steven Mithen
Sarah Norgate
Paul Ekman
Robert L. Leahy
No Author Listed
Irvin Yalom
Corinne Aves
Anne Dickson
Daphne De Marneffe
Joe Wells
Yenn Purkis
Marilee Strong
Susan Jeffers
Christiane Northrup
Vera Peiffer
Clare Grace
No Author Listed
Fiona Harrold
Carl Rogers
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Rosalind Wiseman
No Author Listed
Irvin Yalom
Richard Billow
Richard Billow
George Vaillant
Dennie Briggs
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Victor Schermer
Ken Steele
Clara Claiborne Park
Brenda Mallon
Mike Brogden
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Duke Robinson
No Author Listed
Terez Virag
Mary Sherrill Durham
Hubert Selby
Jurgen Kind
Victor Schermer
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Farhad Dalal
No Author Listed
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
No Author Listed
Alice Miller
Gwen Howe
Malcolm Pines
No Author Listed
Lori Schiller
Murray Cox
Alice Miller
Erich Fromm
Deborah Tannen
John Bradshaw
Hensn Kirschbm
Robert Jay Lifton
Alice Miller
Robert Coles
Dr Ellen Vora
Sheena Iyengar
Jessie Hewitson
Daniel Schreiber
Dr Alexandra Shaker
Catherine Asta
Cathy Laver-Bradbury
Irvin D. Yalom
Kate Hill
Erin Leonard
Esther Grant
Erich Fromm
Jamil Zaki
Joe Oliver
Vienna Pharaon
Kasley Killam
Britt Frank
Dr Sabina Brennan
Daan Heerma van Voss
Charlie Webster
Dr Galit Atlas
Sara Kuburic
Dasha Kiper
Anna Motz
Patrick House
Dr. Gail Saltz
Jennifer Barnett
Emma Hepburn
Erich Fromm
Elizabeth Ricker
Suddendorf Thomas
Scott Barry Kaufman
Carolyn Ainscough
Robin Dreeke
Aaron Ahuvia
Edward Slingerland
Hugh Miller
Martha Stout
Michael Britt
Signe Whitson
Tanja Sharpe
Britt Frank
Professor Marissa King
Juliet Rosenfeld
Sheena Iyengar
Jones Chris
Frank Tallis
Lauren Martin
Windy Dryden
Windy Dryden
Rhyannon Byrd
Bonanno George
Sarah Rose Cavanagh
W. Christopher Winter
Richard Taylor
Betsy de Thierry
Chris Paley
Susan R. Barry
Noreena Hertz
Edward Slingerland
Fiona Murden
Jo Cooke
Dr Tim Cantopher
Tiffany Watt Smith
Marco Magrini
Stanislav Grof
Alyson Mountjoy
Eric R. Kandel
Dr Kenneth Bock
Lucy-Anne Holmes
Janina Scarlet
Alexander Kriss
Alex Iantaffi
Jamil Zaki
Kim S.Golding
David Robson
Tim Cantopher
Frank Tallis
Louise Michelle Bombèr
Christopher C. H. Cook
Luke Beardon
Tim Cantopher
Tim Cantopher
Roger Pearman
Michael Rosen
Gillihan Seth
Karl Ryberg
Margo Fuchs Knill
Betsy de Thierry
Tish Feilden
Terence V. Mccann
Suzanne Darley
Abigail Marsh
Leonard Sax
Aidan Harvey-Craig
Nesrine Malik
Patrice Lawrence
Mark Papworth
Fiona Fisher Bullivant
Noreen O'Sullivan
Abby Ellin
Claudia Gold
Dr. Ross Ellenhorn
James Withey
Dawnn Karen
Vivek H. Murthy
Mona Delahooke
Kimberly M. Zieselman
Dr Karen Gurney
Alex Stitt
Kerry Daynes
Deborah Ward
Frances Cole
Cory Muscara
Harold Koenig
Peter Hawkins
Julie Hall
Prof. Daphna Joel
Whitaker Robert
Sarah Vohra
Susie Orbach
Luke Beardon
Richard E. Nisbett
Alexander Kriss
Phillipe Tahon
Harriet Dyer
Dr. Jessamy Hibberd
Andrew Wallas
Alex Iantaffi
Cynthia Turner
Marco Magrini
Joanne Lipman
John Kim (Therapist)
Digby Tantam
Gordon Gates
Helen Thomson
Kati Morton
Graham Davey
Martin Perry
Ariane Sherine
Michele J. Gelfand
Ramesh Manocha
João Medeiros
Mike Brearley
Sarah Mckay
Fiona Fisher Bullivant
C. Thomas Gualtieri
Keith Payne
Jo Wi Iddon
Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Ron Powers
Martin Seligman
Robert O. Friedel
Tejvan Pettinger
Gareth Southwell
Kay Toon
Susie Orbach
Frances Cole
Ruth Snowden
Sandi Mann
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Alex Blaszczynski
Abigail Marsh
Vijaya Silove Manicavasagar
Mike Brearley
Bernadette Russell
Sherry Turkle
Robert A. Forde
Tali Sharot
Peter Bazalgette
Michael Crowe
Claudia Herbert
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Caroline Mitchell
Joe Moran
Sarah Tomley
No Author Listed
Matthew Mills
Srini Pillay
John Powell
No Author Listed
Simon McCarthy-Jones
Charles Fernyhough
Mary Aiken
Ian Leslie
Matthew Syed
Dr Wenn Lawson
Gary Klein
Giovanni Frazzetto
Ron Powers
Bo Hejlskov Elvén
Marcantonio Spada
William Davies
Melanie Fennell
Francine Shapiro
Jackie Arnold
John Marzillier
Michael Gazzaniga
Mary Aiken
Marc Lewis
No Author Listed
Paddy-Joe Moran
Christine Temple
Sian Williams
Richard Stephens
Anthony Seldon
Claudia M. Gold
Jeffrey Lieberman
Sandi Mann
Irvin D. Yalom
Susan Elliot-Wright
No Author Listed
Jill Dann
Richard Crisp
Alice Whieldon
Satwant Singh
Richard Stephens
Heather Castillo
Ben Ambridge
Christine Wilding
Neil Brewer
Ian Leslie
Matthew Hertenstein
Julia Bascom
Melvin Kaplan
Matthew Johnstone
Pamela Myles
Harriet Brown
Irvin D. Yalom
Christopher Dowrick
Jeremy Raymond
Cynthia Kim
Polly Waite
Peter Kinderman
Mark Williams
Kate Figes
Scott Weems
Kenneth Aitken
Sue Johnson
Katie Piper
Aaron James
Rita Carter
Nicky Hayes
John Holt
Thomas Maier
Carlin Flora
Irvin D. Yalom
Jesse Bering
Linda Blair
Stephen Joseph
No Author Listed
Catherine Sangster
Alice Muir
No Author Listed
Irvin D. Yalom
Lisa Appignanesi
Kate Figes
No Author Listed
Renata Salecl
Fiona Harrold
Ian Andrew James
Ethan Watters
Larry Culliford
Wendy Lawson
Robert Whitaker
Stefan Einhorn
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Reneau Z. Peurifoy
Linda Woodcock
Leonora Todd Brosan
Martha Beck
Christopher Freeman
Peter J. Cooper
Michael Chez
Paul Gilbert
Larry C. James
Gillian Butler
Lillian Rubin
Vera Peiffer
Isabel Myers
Derrick Silove
Sam Gosling
Wayne W. Dyer
Rob Veale Willson
Nick Dubin
Lisa Appignanesi
Linda Babcock
Saks Elyn
Biddy Youell
Michael Chez
Stefan Einhorn
Rita Carter
Melanie Klein
Elaine Showalter
Joanna Field
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Susan Elliot-Wright
Brenda Hogan
Kate Figes
Joseph Ledoux
Lisa Appignanesi
Dominic Streatfeild
Steven Mithen
Sarah Norgate
Paul Ekman
Robert L. Leahy
No Author Listed
Irvin Yalom
Corinne Aves
Anne Dickson
Daphne De Marneffe
Joe Wells
Yenn Purkis
Marilee Strong
Susan Jeffers
Christiane Northrup
Vera Peiffer
Clare Grace
No Author Listed
Fiona Harrold
Carl Rogers
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Rosalind Wiseman
No Author Listed
Irvin Yalom
Richard Billow
Richard Billow
George Vaillant
Dennie Briggs
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Victor Schermer
Ken Steele
Clara Claiborne Park
Brenda Mallon
Mike Brogden
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Duke Robinson
No Author Listed
Terez Virag
Mary Sherrill Durham
Hubert Selby
Jurgen Kind
Victor Schermer
No Author Listed
No Author Listed
Farhad Dalal
No Author Listed
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
No Author Listed
Alice Miller
Gwen Howe
Malcolm Pines
No Author Listed
Lori Schiller
Murray Cox
Alice Miller
Erich Fromm
Deborah Tannen
John Bradshaw
Hensn Kirschbm
Robert Jay Lifton
Alice Miller
Robert Coles
