The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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The speculations that he engages in in this book are also based on hard science, and an honest reading will force you to reconsider the construction of the human brain. Libraries feature heavily in all of Sagan's work, from his books to the original award-winning PBS series Cosmos. Another was the proposal that the greenhouse effect explained the high temperature of the surface of Venus. In a diagram of brain mass versus body mass for primates, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and dinosaurs, Homo sapiens rank number one while dolphins rank second.In simple,lucid and easy to comprehend prose the author breaks down the story of how our brains assumed today's form and reflexes. Interestingly enough, Sagan points out that dragon myths aren’t just found in the Western world, but are instead a worldwide phenomenon. Despite being written forty years ago, the book holds up as a work of art, and presents a beautiful hypothesis on how the human mind came to be. Newer models of the brain have already proved some of the basic ideas in this book as a bit oversimplified, but if you are looking for an introduction to speculating about how the brain's evolution may shape human behaviors, this is great place to start. Jacket Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps.

A obra é certamente a mais brilhante do autor, e tem passagens tão incríveis, que relê-las é quase uma obrigação. If we had two synapses, then 2

May 1st would be the origin of the Milky Way Galaxy, and September 9th would be the origin of the solar system. Reading this book really made me feel at one with science and myself -- the strange organic computer in my head which is my brain.