David P. Barash

David P. Barash (born 1946) is professor of psychology emeritus at the University of Washington. He has written, edited or co-authored 40 books, including ones on human aggression, peace studies, and the sexual behavior of animals and people. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Harpur College, Binghamton University, and a Ph.D. in zoology from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1970. He taught at the State University of New York at Oneonta and then accepted a permanent position at the University of Washington.

Views Barash is an outspoken supporter of science communication, believing that it is necessary in an era where science relies on public funding on a large scale and is vulnerable to being undermined by politicians who do not understand it.

Barash scathingly criticised Jean Philippe Rushton and his application of r/K selection theory to the study of human races. "Bad science and virulent racial prejudice drip like pus from nearly every page of this despicable book," said Barash of Rushton's Race, Evolution, and Behaviour.

Works His book Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and Other Realities of Evolution is based on articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature, a popular but serious presentation of Darwinian literary criticism, was jointly written with his daughter, Nanelle Rose Barash. He has also written over 230 scholarly articles and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Literary works David P. Barash. "OOPS! The Worst Blunders of All Time, from Pandora’s Box to Putin’s War", Skyhorse Publishing, 2023 David P. Barash. "Threats: intimidation and its discontents", Oxford University Press, 2020 David P. Barash. Through a Glass Brightly: using science to see our species as it really is, Oxford University Press, 2018 David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. "Strength Through Peace: demilitarization in Costa Rica, and what we can learn from a small tropical country", Oxford University Press, 2018 David P. Barash. Out of Eden: The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy, Oxford University Press, 2016 David P. Barash. Buddhist Biology: Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science, Oxford University Press, 2013 David P. Barash. Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature, Oxford University Press, 2012; paperback, Oxford University Press, 2013 David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. Payback: why we retaliate, redirect aggression and seek revenge, Oxford University Press, 2011 David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. Strange Bedfellows: the surprising connection between sex, evolution and monogamy, Bellevue Literary Press, 2010 David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories, Columbia University Press, 2009 David P. Barash. Natural Selections: Natural Selections: selfish altruists, honest liars and other realities of evolution Bellevue Literary Press, 2007 David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash. Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature, Delacorte, 2005 David P. Barash. The Survival Game: how game theory explains cooperation and competition, Henry Holt/Times Books, 2003 David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. Making Sense of Sex: how genes gender influence our relationships. Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1997; paperback edition as Gender Gap: the biology of male-female differences, Transaction Publishers, 2001 Barash, D. & Lipton, J. (2001). The Myth of Monogamy – Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People. New York: Henry Holt and Company; Review by T. R Birkhead David P. Barash. Revolutionary Biology: the new, gene-centered view of life. Transaction Publishers, 2001 David P. Barash and Ilona Anne Barash. The Mammal in the Mirror: understanding our place in the animal world (W. H. Freeman, 2000; David P. Barash. Beloved Enemies: our need for opponents, Prometheus Books, 1994 David P. Barash. The L Word: an unapologetic, thoroughly biased, long-overdue explication and celebration of liberalism, William Morrow, 1992 David P. Barash. The Great Outdoors Lyle Stuart, 1989; in paper as Give Peas a Chance, Lyle Stuart, 1991 David P. Barash. The Hare and the Tortoise: the conflict between culture and biology in human affairs, Viking, 1986; Penguin, 1987 translated into six languages David P. Barash & Judith Eve Lipton. The Caveman and the Bomb: human nature, evolution, and nuclear war McGraw-Hill, 1985; Olive Branch Award nominee) David P. Barash & Judith Eve Lipton. Stop Nuclear War! A handbook Grove Press, 1982; (National Book Award nominee) David P. Barash. Aging: an exploration/ Univ. of Washington Press, 1981; translated into two languages David P. Barash. The Whisperings Within: evolution and the origin of human nature Harper & Row, 1979; Penguin, 1980; translated into seven languages

Academic books David P. Barash. Approaches to Peace Oxford University Press, 2000; 2nd edition, 2010; 3rd edition, 2013 David P. Barash and Charles Webel. Peace and Conflict Studies. Sage Publications, 2002; 2nd edition, 2008 Arthur Gandolfi, Anna S. Gandolfi, and David P. Barash. Economics as an Evolutionary Science: from utility to fitness. Transaction Publishers, 2002 David P. Barash. Understanding Violence Allyn & Bacon, 2001; David P. Barash. Ideas of Human Nature: from the Bhagavad Gita to sociobiology Prentice Hall,1998 David P. Barash. Introduction to Peace Studies Wadsworth, 1991 David P. Barash. Marmots: social behavior and ecology Stanford University Press, 1989 David P. Barash. The Arms Race and Nuclear War Wadsworth, 1986 David P. Barash. Sociobiology and Behavior Elsevier, 1977; 2nd, revised edition, 1982