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The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought Hardcover - 2003
by Gary Marcus
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FRANCIS CRICK, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, recently ar in his book The Astonishing Hypothesis that the activity in our minds has its basis in our brains: "To understand ourselves, we must understand how nerve cells behave and how they interact."
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- Title The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought
- Author Gary Marcus
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st ptg.
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Basic Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date December 16, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780465044054 / 0465044050
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.36 x 1.12 in (24.13 x 16.15 x 2.84 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Genetic psychology, Nature and nurture
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003012545
- Dewey Decimal Code 155.7
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