The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Sagan, Carl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394410459
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410456
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence is a Pulitzer prize winning 1977 book by Carl Sagan. In it, he combines the fields of anthropology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and computer science to give a well balanced perspective of how human intelligence evolved. One of the main issues featured in the book is the search for a quantitative way of measuring intelligence.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002677
- Title
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
- Author
- Sagan, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394410459
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410456
- Publisher
- Random House Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- INTELLECT. BRAIN. GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY.
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