The birth of the mind : how a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought /

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Author / Creator:Marcus, Gary F. (Gary Fred)
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, c2004.
Description:ix, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5046424
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ISBN:0465044050
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-257) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Neither Is Better
  • 2. Born to Learn
  • 3. Brain Storms
  • 4. Aristotle's Impetus
  • 5. Copernicus's Revenge
  • 6. Wiring the Mind
  • 7. The Evolution of Mental Genes
  • 8. Paradox Lost
  • 9. Final Frontiers
  • App. Methods for Reading the Genome.