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[bookmarks added]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. CONTENTS Introduction 1 I The Cosmic Calendar 11 II Genes and Brains 19 III The Brain and the Chariot 49 IV Eden as a Metaphor: The Evolution of Man 81 V The Abstractions of Beasts 105 VI Tales of Dim Eden 125 VII Lovers and Madmen 153 VIII The Future Evolution of the Brain 187 IX Knowledge is Our Destiny: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Intelligence 227 Acknowledgments 239 Bibliography 241 Glossary 251 Index 257
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- Author
- Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 1977
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394410456
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Psychology, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (209 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- CARL SAĞAN (2012)
- Los dragones del Edén. Especulaciones sobre la evolución de la inteligencia huma (2004)
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence (1986)
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence (2011)
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence (2005)
- Los dragones del Edén: Especulaciones sobre la evolución de la inteligencia humana (2003)
- Les dragons de l'Éden : spéculations sur l'évolution de l'intelligence humaine et autre (1980)
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence (1978)
- The dragons of Eden : speculations on the evolution of human intelligence (1980)
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