One of the most authoritative and world-famous books on the psychology and physiology of stress. Its author, a world-renowned specialist, outstanding biologist and psychologist Robert Sapolsky, is convinced that the human ability to prepare for the future and worry about it is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is in proactive and preparatory behavior, but the curse is that our tendency to worry about the future causes constant stress. It turns out that humans are evolutionarily predisposed to react and avoid a threat, just as zebras do. We should relax most of the day and only run like crazy when danger approaches. The zebra has an acute stress reaction (physical threats) from time to time. In our country, on the contrary, the chronic stress reaction (psychological threats) rarely reaches such levels as in a zebra, but it does not disappear anywhere. Zebras die quickly, falling into the clutches of predators. People are dying more slowly: from coronary heart disease, cancer and other diseases that arise from chronic stress reactions. But when stress is predictable, and you can control your reaction to it, it no longer affects the development of diseases so much. These and many other issues related to stress and its management are raised in Professor Sapolsky’s wonderful book, which is addressed to specialists in psychological, pedagogical, biological and medical profiles, as well as teachers and students of relevant university faculties.