The Accidental Mind How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God |
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| Author:
| Linden, David J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-07661-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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Linden sets the record straight about the construction of the human brain; rather than the "beautifully-engineered optimized device, the absolute pinnacle of design" portrayed in many dumbed-down text books, pop-science tomes, and education televisions programs, Linden's organ is a complicated assembly of cobbled-together functionality that created the mind as a by-product of ad-hoc solutions to questions of survival. His guided tour of the glorious amalgam of "crummy parts" includes...
More DescriptionLinden sets the record straight about the construction of the human brain; rather than the "beautifully-engineered optimized device, the absolute pinnacle of design" portrayed in many dumbed-down text books, pop-science tomes, and education televisions programs, Linden's organ is a complicated assembly of cobbled-together functionality that created the mind as a by-product of ad-hoc solutions to questions of survival. His guided tour of the glorious amalgam of "crummy parts" includes pit-stops in the histories and fundamentals of neurology, neural-psychology, physiology, molecular and cellular biology, and genetics.