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how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves

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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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Pantheon Books
Language
English
Pages
303

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Subjects

Brain, Evolution (Biology), Genes, Human beings, Evolution, Mensch, Biological Evolution, Genetik, Gehirn, Hominidae
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Why us?: how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
2009, Pantheon Books
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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 Acts
The limits of science 3 : the unfathomable brain
The silence
Restoring man to his pedestal.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
599.9
Library of Congress
QH447.L43 2009, QH447 .L43 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
303

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OL22665416M
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9780375421983
LCCN
2008045037
OCLC/WorldCat
232980728
Library Thing
7230226
Goodreads
6044382

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