Evolutions : fifteen myths that explain our world / Oren Harman.
Evolutions : fifteen myths that explain our world / Oren Harman.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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G 2019/3524
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Language
English
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Physical content
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Fate : the birth of the universe -- Hubris : the creation of the solar system -- Motherhood : the Earth and the Moon -- Immortality : life comes to the planet -- Love : the web of life -- Freedom : symbiosis -- Death : sex -- Pride: the origins of multi-cellularity -- Jealousy : the invention of the...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"An artful exploration of how the language of science has replaced old mythologies" -- Provided by publisher.
"A brilliant, lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of Altruism. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing-apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous H...
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Evolutions : fifteen myths that explain our world / Oren Harman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-239).
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G 2019/3524
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74VKVe6qVdJy
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ISBN
0374150702
9780374150709 hardcover
DDC
201.3
MMS ID
991024252716602626
