The missing arms of Venus de Milo: reflections on the science of attractiveness

Sussex, England: Book Guild (2007)
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Viren Swami calls on Greek philosophers, Renaissance artists, evolutionary psychologists, poets, playwrights and cultural historians, in his attempt to discover the essence of the body beautiful.

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