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A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . Its a New York Times

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 legendsand their amazing links to recent discoveries.

How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important and elegant book? . . . He talks about all kinds of things: the why of the pain of human childbirth . . . the reason for sleeping and dreaming . . . chimpanzees taught to communicate in deaf and dumb language . . . the definition of death . . . cloning . . . computers . . . intelligent life on other planets. . . . Fascinating . . . Boston Globe

In some lost Eden where dragons ruled, the foundations of our intelligence were laid. . . . Carl Sagan takes us on a guided tour of that lost land. . . . Fascinating . . . entertaining . . . . Louis Post-Dispatch

Author: Carl Sagan
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 12/12/1986
Pages: 271
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 6.87h x 4.24w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780345346292
Language: English