The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan

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  • Pub. Date: December 1986
  • 288pp
  • Sales Rank: 64,648

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    • Pub. Date: December 1986
    • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
    • Format: Mass Market Paperback, 288pp
    • Sales Rank: 64,648

    Synopsis

    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.
    "A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight."
    THE NEW YORK TIMES

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    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Broca's Brain and Cosmos takes us on a powerful and compelling voyage to the inner space between our ears, offering his vivid insight into the brain of man and beast, the origins of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. Illustrations and photos.

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    Learning about our origins.by Anonymous

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    January 30, 2010: I first became interested in Carl Sagan through his t.v. special "Cosmos" and for Christmas I received a few of his books to read. While "The Dragons of Eden" isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, I would urge anyone that's even the smallest bit interested in learning the inner workings of our minds to read this book. Though some of the chapters seemed to fly by, when I reread sections Sagan's narrative all made the mysteries of the world less foreign and more understandable.

    Dragons of Eden was ahead of its timeby Anonymous

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    August 13, 2007: It's 2007, 30 years after Sagan wrote this essay on the evolution of human intelligence, and while it shows its age, it also gives Sagan the feel of a prognosticator. Many of the theories put forth herein have since been proved true, and many others, while remaining unsolved, have evidence pointing in Mr Sagan's favor. I don't have the background in biology to critically examine his description of the structures of the brain, but he did an excellent job laying out the formative processes involved in the evolution and growth of the cognizance of humans from their distant animal relatives. All in all, I am terribly glad that this book found its way into my hands, and I look forward to rereading it soon. To anyone remotely interested in the formation of the human brain, and of the evolution of intelligence, I can not recommend this book highly enough.


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