Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
American Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Dictionary of Demography
Author: William Petersen
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Encyclopaedia, demography - lists international organizations and national associations. Bibliography.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Encyclopaedia, demography - lists international organizations and national associations. Bibliography.
Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
Author: E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231544863
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231544863
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries.
Public Libraries
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Standard World Atlas
Author: C.S. Hammond & Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The publishers weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
World Atlas
Author: C.S. Hammond & Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Catalog of the United States Geological Survey
Author: U.S. Geological Survey Library
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description