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The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence
- Title
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence / Carl Sagan.
- Author
- Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
- Publication
- New York : Random House, [1977]
- ©1977
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- Description
- 263 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.
- Awards (note)
- Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1978.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The cosmic calendar -- Genes and brains -- The brain and the chariot -- Eden as a metaphor: The evolution of man -- The abstractions of beasts -- Tales of Eden -- Lovers and madmen -- The future evolution of the brain -- Knowledge is our destiny: Terrestrial and extraterrestrial intelligence -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0394410459
- 9780394410456
- 0345346297
- 9780345346292
- 0345260317
- 9780345260314
- 0340226854
- 9780340226858
- 0039441045 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 76053472
- OCLC
- ocm02922889
- 2922889
- SCSB-2184497
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries