The Monkey In The Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human - Tapa blanda

Tattersall, Ian

 
9780156027069: The Monkey In The Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human
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ISBN 10: 0156027062 ISBN 13: 9780156027069
Editorial: Mariner Books, 2003

Sinopsis

Nothing fascinates us more than explorations of human origins,
and nobody tells the story better than Ian Tattersall.

What makes us so different? How did we get this way? How do we know? And what exactly are we? These questions are what make human evolution a subject of general fascination. Ian Tattersall, one of those rare scientists who is also a graceful writer, addresses them in this delightful book.

Writing in an informal essay style, Tattersall leads the reader around the world and into the far reaches of the past, showing what the science of human evolution is up against-from the sparsity of evidence to the pressures of religious fundamentalism. Looking with dispassion and humor at our origins, Tattersall offers a wholly new definition of what it is to be human.

Delightful stories, scientific wisdom, fresh insight-the perfect science book.

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Acerca del autor

Ian Tattersall is curator of human evolution at the American Museum of Natural History, and the author of many books and articles. His most recent book, Becoming Human, won the distinguished W.W. Howells Prize of the American Anthropological Association. An expert on both fossil humans and lemurs, he has done fieldwork in places as varied as Madagascar, Yemen, and Vietnam. He lives in New York City.

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Editorial
Mariner Books
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0156027062
ISBN 13 
9780156027069
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Número de páginas
240
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9780151005208: The Monkey in the Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human

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ISBN 10:  0151005206 ISBN 13:  9780151005208
Editorial: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001
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