Richard Stephens first gained worldwide attention for his research on the psychological benefits of swearing as a response to pain. Now, fresh from winning the 2014 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, Richard's first popular science book, Black Sheep, examines surprising and bizarre scientific research that shows that what we at first perceive as bad behaviour can, in fact, be good.

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