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how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves

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James Le Fanu
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An edition of Why us? (2009)

Why us?

how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves

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Describes how in the recent past science has come face-to-face with two seemingly unanswerable questions concerning the nature of genetic inheritance and the workings of the brain-- questions that suggest there is, after all, "more than we can know."

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Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
303

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Subjects
Brain, Evolution (Biology), Genes, Human beings, Human evolution, Human genetics, Evolution, Biology

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Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves
2010, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Why us?: how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
2009, HarperPress
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Table of Contents

Introduction: A mystery to ourselves
Science triumphant, almost
The ascent of man : a riddle in two parts
The limits of science 1 : the Quixotic universe
The (evolutionary) 'reason for everything' : certainty
The (evolutionary) 'reason for everything' : doubt
The limits of science 2 : the impenetrable helix
The fall of man : a tragedy in two acts
The limits of science 3 : the unfathomable brain
The silence
Restoring man to his pedestal.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-292) and index.

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QH447 .L43 2010

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xv, 303 p. :
Number of pages
303

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OL24416055M
ISBN 13
9781400030545
LCCN
2010455793

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