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Get the Summary of Max Bennett's A Brief History of Intelligence in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Brief History of Intelligence" by Max Bennett explores the evolution of intelligence from the earliest bilaterally symmetrical animals to modern humans and artificial intelligence. The book discusses how simple organisms like nematodes exhibit complex behaviors with rudimentary brains, highlighting the significance...
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"Read this book and discover sex again, but from a scientific perspective, and see why it evolved. It's almost as much fun, and needs less energy."
- Peter Macinnis, author of 100 Discoveries: The Greatest Breakthroughs in History
"How Sex Works manages to inject science writing with the prurient thrill of a gossip rag."
-O magazine
Medical maverick and New York Times bestselling author of Survival of the Sickest Dr. Sharon Moalem presents...
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En el libro "El Enigma de la Evolución Humana", el autor Ary S. Jr. revela la parte interesante de nuestra historia evolutiva. Desde los primeros primates hasta el surgimiento del Homo Sapiens, somos llevados a desentrañar las transformaciones físicas, mentales y culturales que nos convirtieron en la especie dominante del planeta.
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It's been nearly four decades since Carl Sagan first addressed the general public from a scientist's perspective, confronting the possibility of extraterrestrial life. We've learned a lot in those years, and planetary scientist David Grinspoon is well prepared to explore this field with a new generation of readers. In Lonely Planets, Grinspoon investigates the big questions: How widespread are life and intelligence in the cosmos? Is life on Earth...
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"Carter Phipps brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution by showing us that a new science is emerging-one that will holistically integrate our understanding of consciousness, cosmology, and evolution."
-Deepak Chopra
Blending cutting-edge ideas with incisive spiritual insights, Evolutionaries is the first popular presentation of an emerging school of thought called "evolutionary spirituality." Carter Phipps, the former executive editor...
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"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" "Winner of the PROSE Award in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers" James T. Costa is professor of biology and executive director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory; Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species; and The Annotated "Origin." He...
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