Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
0394410459
ISBN-13
9780394410456
Publication Date
Apr 1977
Item Weight
1.39 pounds
Length
1.10 inch
Width
6.00 inch
Height
1.00 inch
Subtitle
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan was an American Pulitzer-prize winning author and astrophysicist. Sagan is the author of more than 600 publications.
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark