How Brains Think by William H Calvin
Arguments between philosophers about what constitutes consciousness or intelligence have proved to be an intellectual dead-end. In contrast, William Calvin, by looking at animal and human intelligence and a wide range of evolutionary evidence, has broken new ground that should help us understand mental illness and illuminate the whole notion of what it is to be a person. This text begins by asking what intelligence is. It then moves on to the "why" of intelligence and the syntax of intelligence - where evidence from chimpanzees is important - before coming to the "how" of intelligence, the cerebral codes and Darwinian processes that operate within seconds to produce intelligent thought and action.-
Just Six Numbers
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River Out of Eden
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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
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Words And Rules
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The Human Brain
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The Pattern on the Stone
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The Symbiotic Planet
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Nature's Numbers
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The Sixth Extinction
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The Last Three Minutes
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The Periodic Kingdom
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Kinds of Minds
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One Renegade Cell
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The Origin of the Universe
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What Evolution Is
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Plan and Purpose in Nature
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Twins
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Nature's Keepers
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The Origin of Humankind
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Why Is Sex Fun?
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Light Waves
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Sound Waves
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Earth's Place in Space
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Weather Prediction
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Mixing and Measuring Matter
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The Pony Fish's Glow
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780297816393 |
| ISBN 10 | 029781639X |
| Title | How Brains Think |
| Author | William H Calvin |
| Series | Science Masters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1997-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |