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LEADER: 01994cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2008045037
003 DLC
005 20100323085014.0
008 081027s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008045037
020 $a9780375421983
020 $a037542198X
035 $a(OCoLC)232980728
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050 00 $aQH447$b.L43 2009
082 00 $a599.9$222
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,$cc2009.
300 $axv, 303 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 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.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0905/2008045037.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008045037-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008045037-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008045037-s.html