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100 1 $aLe Fanu, James.
245 10 $aWhy us? :$bhow science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves /$cJames Le Fanu.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c℗♭2009.
300 $axv, 303 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index.
520 $aDescribes 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."
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aGenes.
650 0 $aBrain.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aHuman beings.
650 12 $aBiological Evolution.
650 12 $aGenes.
650 22 $aBrain.
650 22 $aHominidae.
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655 4 $aNonfiction.
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