Why us? : how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
题名:
Why us? : how science rediscovered the mystery of ourselves
著者:
Le Fanu, James
ISBN:
9781400030545
版:
1st ed.
出版信息:
New York : Vintage Books, 2010
规格:
xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
一般附注:
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容:
Introduction: A mystery to ourselves -- Science triumphant, almost -- The ascent of man : a riddle in two parts -- The limits of science 1 : the Quixotic universe -- The (evolutionary) ’reason for everything’ : certainty -- The (evolutionary) ’reason for everything’ : doubt -- The limits of science 2 : the impenetrable helix -- The fall of man : a tragedy in two acts -- The limits of science 3 : the unfathomable brain -- The silence -- Restoring man to his pedesta
摘要:
Describes how in the recent past science has come face-to-face with two seemingly unanswerable questions concerning the nature of genetic inheritance and the workings of the brain-- questions that suggest there is, after all, "more than we can know."
主题:
| Genes |
| Brain |
| Evolution (Biology) |
| Human beings |
摘要:
Describes how in the recent past science has come face-to-face with two seemingly unanswerable questions concerning the nature of genetic inheritance and the workings of the brain-- questions that suggest there is, after all, "more than we can know."