Meredith F. Small

About The Author

Meredith F. Small is a professor of anthropology at Cornell University and the author of several books, including Our Babies, Ourselves; What's Love Got to Do with It?; and Here Begins the Dark Sea, also available from Pegasus Books. She has written for Natural History Magazine, Discover, Scientific American, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She lives in Philadelphia.

Books by Meredith F. Small

Family

How the Human Need for Belonging Shapes Our Lives

From the acclaimed author of Our Babies, Ourselves comes an illuminating and thought-provoking look at the nature of family across time and cultures.
Inventing the World

Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

An epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions—from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency—shaped modernity.
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