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Lixing Sun Lixing Sun (孙立新, born 1964) is an American biologist and science writer. He is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Central Washington University. His research and writing span evolutionary biology, animal behavior, primatology, ecology, psychology, behavioral economics, and the relationship between science and society.
Career
[edit]Sun received his bachelor's and master's degrees from East China Normal University in Shanghai and earned a Ph.D. in ecology, behavior, and evolution from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University.
He is the author or co-author of four books along with nine book chapters and approximately 70 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.[1] His essays and articles for general audiences have appeared in Time, Nautilus, Science, and Psychology Today. His 2023 book, The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars, received the 2024 PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics from the Association of American Publishers[2] and was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2023.[3]
Sun is a co-founder of the Animal Behavior Society of China (ABSC)[4] and has served as an associate editor and editorial board member for the journal Current Zoology.
Works
[edit]- The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer (1st edition, co-authored with Dietland Müller-Schwarze). Comstock, 2003. ISBN 0-8014-4098-X[5]
- The Fairness Instinct: The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature. Prometheus Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1616148478[6]
- The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque (co-editor with Jin-Hua Li and Peter M. Kappeler). Springer, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-27920-2[7]
- The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World. Princeton University Press, 2023. ISBN 9780691198606[8]
Awards
[edit]- Harvard Radcliffe Fellow, 2024–2025.[9]
- Distinguished University Research Professor, Central Washington University, 2020.[10]
- PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics, Association of American Publishers, 2024.[2]
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year, 2003.[3]
Critical Reviews
[edit]- "Deceiving to Thrive." The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2003.[11]
- "Why the Animal Kingdom Is Full of Con Artists." The New Yorker, March 27, 2023.[12]
- "Can Nature Lie?" The Atlantic, July 25, 2023.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Washington University | Lixing Sun".
- ^ a b "2024 Award Winners | PROSE Awards". proseawards.com.
- ^ a b "The Top 75 Community College Titles: December 2023". April 24, 2025.
- ^ Animal Behavior Society of China: 动物行为学分会----中国动物学会
- ^ "The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer (Comstock books) by Muller-Schwarze, Dietland; Sun, Lixing: Fair Hardcover (2003) 1. | BooksRun". www.abebooks.com.
- ^ "The Fairness Instinct".
- ^ Li, Jin-Hua; Sun, Lixing; Kappeler, Peter M., eds. (June 3, 2020). "The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque". Fascinating Life Sciences. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27920-2. ISBN 978-3-030-27919-6.
- ^ "The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars | Princeton University Press". press.princeton.edu. April 4, 2023.
- ^ "Lixing Sun". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
- ^ RECORD, For the DAILY (May 21, 2020). "CWU honors 2020 Distinguished Professors". Daily Record.
- ^ Barash, David P. "'The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars' Review: Deceiving to Thrive". WSJ.
- ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth (March 27, 2023). "Why the Animal Kingdom Is Full of Con Artists". The New Yorker – via www.newyorker.com.
- ^ Henig, Robin Marantz (July 25, 2023). "Can Nature Lie?". The Atlantic.