The birth of the mind : how a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought

Author(s)

• Marcus, Gary F. (Gary Fred)

Bibliographic Information

The birth of the mind : how a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought

Gary Marcus

Basic Books, 2004

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-257) and indexes

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Contents of Works

• Neither is better
• Born to learn
• Brain storms
• Aristotle's impetus
• Copernicus's revenge
• Wiring the mind
• The evolution of mental genes
• Paradox lost
• Final frontiers
• Appendix: methods for reading the genome

Details

• NCID: BA73666510
• ISBN:
  • 0465044069
• LCCN: 2003012545
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 278 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF701
  • DC21 : 155.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Genetic psychology
  • LCSH : Psychobiology
  • LCSH : Nature and nurture
  • LCSH : Cognitive science