Evolutions fifteen myths that explain our world
"An artful exploration of how the language of science has replaced old mythologies" --
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Fate : the birth of the universe
- Hubris : the creation of the solar system
- Motherhood : the Earth and the Moon
- Immortality : life comes to the planet
- Love : the web of life
- Freedom : symbiosis
- Death : sex
- Pride: the origins of multi-cellularity
- Jealousy : the invention of the eye
- Curiosity : onto land
- Solitude : into the air
- Sacrifice : return to the sea
- Memory : the beginnings of consciousness
- Truth : language is born
- Hope : tricks of the mind.
