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Toward consilience
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Gerald A Cory |
"This book is a comprehensive effort to establish a framework for consilience - the unification of the natural and social sciences. Grounded in physics, molecular biology, and evolutionary neuroscien… |
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The Neanderthal legacy
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Stan Gooch |
"A direct appeal for a revolution in our educational system to restore the connection with our Neanderthal heritage"--Provided by publisher. |
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Beyond the Brain
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Louise Barrett |
"When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms … |
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The Singularity Is Near
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Ray Kurzweil |
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that… |
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The Long Evolution of Brains and Minds
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Roth, Gerhard |
On the basis of evolutionary and behavioral biology, neuroscience and anthropology, this book investigates to which extent it is possible to reconstruct the evolution of nervous systems and brains as… |
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Information and meaning
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Stonier, Tom. |
xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm |
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A Brain for All Seasons
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William H. Calvin |
"The earth's climate does great flip-flops every few thousand years. Our ancestors lived through hundreds of such abrupt episodes since the more gradual Ice Ages began two and a half million years ag… |
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