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Neither gods nor beasts : how science is changing who we think we are / Elof Axel Carlson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2008.Description: xi, 179 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780879697860 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/3 22
LOC classification:
  • Q175.5 .C37 2008
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Contents:
Humanity in a prescientific universe -- Living on automatic pilot -- Between gods and beasts -- Our negative image of our animal self -- Confronting and recognizing our biology -- Biology becomes mechanistic and emerges as a science -- The human body is composed of cells -- The body evolves -- Most human traits are determined by genes, which are composed of DNA -- We have a life cycle and sexuality that is genetically programmed -- Neurobiology reveals how the brain works -- How should we perceive humanity in the third millennium? -- The blank slate, the human nature, and the biological determinism fallacies -- Human nature as potentials for forming communities -- Science enriches our appreciation of the arts and humanities -- Moral values bind a community -- The human condition and our world view change every generation -- Rethinking science teaching -- A human outlook for the third millennium.
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General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Social Sciences Non-fiction 303.483 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26730
General Books General Books CUTN Central Library Social Sciences Non-fiction 303.483 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23799

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Humanity in a prescientific universe -- Living on automatic pilot -- Between gods and beasts -- Our negative image of our animal self -- Confronting and recognizing our biology -- Biology becomes mechanistic and emerges as a science -- The human body is composed of cells -- The body evolves -- Most human traits are determined by genes, which are composed of DNA -- We have a life cycle and sexuality that is genetically programmed -- Neurobiology reveals how the brain works -- How should we perceive humanity in the third millennium? -- The blank slate, the human nature, and the biological determinism fallacies -- Human nature as potentials for forming communities -- Science enriches our appreciation of the arts and humanities -- Moral values bind a community -- The human condition and our world view change every generation -- Rethinking science teaching -- A human outlook for the third millennium.

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