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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Ebook)

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  • Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

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Select Retailers have The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Ebook) by Carl Sagan on sale for $1.99.

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  • Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

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TinyTimslick
Almost done reading the demon-haunted world. What an amazing mind this guy had.

That being said, this book (as well as the demon haunted world) are available for free on internet archive, for those who are boycotting Amazon, Google etc.

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I suspect this will be a good last read.
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Same price at Kobo.
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Quote from bob151 :
I suspect this will be a good last read.
Yes, this is my fav Carl Sagan book. The evolution of brains.
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TinyTimslick
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Almost done reading the demon-haunted world. What an amazing mind this guy had.

That being said, this book (as well as the demon haunted world) are available for free on internet archive, for those who are boycotting Amazon, Google etc.
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Quote from bob151 :
I suspect this will be a good last read.

Are you retiring from reading?
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Shocked some fundie in the government hasn't told the current regime to ban uncle Carl yet. Maybe if he had spelled it Karl.
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Quote from FaithfulHamster :
Are you retiring from reading?
Maybe the dude has some kind of terminal disease.

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TinyTimslick
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Quote from slackerrudie :
Shocked some fundie in the government hasn't told the current regime to ban uncle Carl yet. Maybe if he had spelled it Karl.
He's been dead for 20+ years. People did vehemently oppose his body of work in his day.
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bob151
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Quote from TinyTimslick :
He's been dead for 20+ years. People did vehemently oppose his body of work in his day.
It is sad that Asimov's Cult of Ignorance observation remains accurate.
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bob151
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Quote from TinyTimslick :
Almost done reading the demon-haunted world. What an amazing mind this guy had.

That being said, this book (as well as the demon haunted world) are available for free on internet archive, for those who are boycotting Amazon, Google etc.
Is that by some mistake? I'm sure the book hasn't reached the USA copyright expiration date date.
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How relevant is this book seeing as it was published in the 70s? I mean we've had so much research on the human brain in the past 50 years?
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TinyTimslick
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Quote from bob151 :
Is that by some mistake? I'm sure the book hasn't reached the USA copyright expiration date date.
It's fundamentally a public library, my understanding is that it was donated. Similarly, most municipal public libraries can check this out as a free e-book.
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TinyTimslick
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Quote from sliver99 :
How relevant is this book seeing as it was published in the 70s? I mean we've had so much research on the human brain in the past 50 years?
It probably wouldn't withstand rigorous peer review if used as a source on an academic paper, but there's some merit to knowing the history of science
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Quote from bob151 :
It is sad that Asimov's Cult of Ignorance observation remains accurate.
something I've learned from the demon haunted world is that this is not a unique American dilemma. ages of renaissance and regression come and go all over the world.... it is a seriously fascinating read, would highly recommend.

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