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100 1 $aLe Fanu, James.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95058484
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], ©2009.
300 $axv, 303 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-292) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction.$tA Mystery to Ourselves -- $g1.$tScience Triumphant, Almost -- $g2.$tThe Ascent of Man: A Riddle in Two Parts -- $g3.$tThe Limits of Science 1: The Quixotic Universe -- $g4.$tThe (Evolutionary) 'Reason for Everything': Certainty -- $g5.$tThe (Evolutionary) 'Reason for Everything': Doubt -- $g6.$tThe Limits of Science 2: The Impenetrable Helix -- $g7.$tThe Fall of Man: A Tragedy in Two Acts -- $g8.$tThe Limits of Science 3: The Unfathomable Brain -- $g9.$tThe Silence -- $g10.$tRestoring Man to His Pedestal.
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."
650 0 $aGenes.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000344
650 0 $aBrain.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016319
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042
650 0 $aHuman beings.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080292
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