An edition of Why us?
(2009)
Why us?
how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
by James Le Fanu
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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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Brain, Evolution (Biology), Genes, Human beings, Evolution, Mensch, Biological Evolution, Genetik, Gehirn, Hominidae| Edition | Availability |
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Why us?: how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
2009, Pantheon Books
in English
037542198X 9780375421983
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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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