The human instinct : how we evolved to have reason, consciousness, and free will / Kenneth R. Miller.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476790268
- ISBN: 1476790264
- Physical Description: viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | "April 2018"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-278) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : our story -- Grandeur -- Say it ain't so -- Chance and wonder -- Explaining it all -- The mind of a primate -- Consciousness -- I, Robot -- Center stage -- Appendix : the chromosome 2 fusion site. |
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Genre: | Nonfiction. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | 155.7 MILLER 2018 | 39851001480541 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Kenneth R. Miller is professor of biology at Brown University and the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Only a Theory, Finding Darwin's God, and The Human Instinct. He has appeared frequently on radio and television as a public advocate for evolution. In 2005 he was the lead expert witness for the victorious plaintiffs in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, where he testified in favor of evolution and against 'intelligent design.' Among his honors are the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, and the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Kenneth R. Miller is professor of biology at Brown University and the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Only a Theory, Finding Darwin's God, and The Human Instinct. He has appeared frequently on radio and television as a public advocate for evolution. In 2005 he was the lead expert witness for the victorious plaintiffs in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, where he testified in favor of evolution and against 'intelligent design.' Among his honors are the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, and the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.