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The Dragons of Eden; Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence » (REISSUE)
Authors: Carl Sagan
ISBN-13: 9780345346292, ISBN-10: 0345346297
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: December 1986
Edition: REISSUE
Author Biography: Carl Sagan
Book Synopsis
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | The Cosmic Calendar | 11 |
| 2 | Genes and Brains | 19 |
| 3 | The Brain and the Chariot | 51 |
| 4 | Eden as a Metaphor: The Evolution of Man | 85 |
| 5 | The Abstractions of Beasts | 111 |
| 6 | Tales of Dim Eden | 133 |
| 7 | Lovers and Madmen | 161 |
| 8 | The Future Evolution of the Brain | 197 |
| 9 | Knowledge is Our Destiny: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Intelligence | 237 |
| Acknowledgments | 249 | |
| Bibliography | 251 | |
| Glossary | 261 | |
| Index | 267 |
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