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Sagans role in developing the cosmos series, one of the most successful series of. Speculations on the evolution of human intelligence is a 1977 book by carl sagan, in which the author combines the fields of anthropology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and computer science to give a perspective on how human intelligence may have evolved. In fact, its likely that that is partly what hallucinogens like lsd do. Carl sagan on the tonight show with johnny carson full interview, may 20th, 1977 duration. He wrote many popular science books, such as the dragons of eden, brocas brain and pale blue dot, and narrated and cowrote the awardwinning 1980 television series cosmos. If youre interested in evolution, this book is a great choice. Knowledge is our destiny terrestrial and extraterrestrial. Dr carl sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his. Carl sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into. Sagan was a prolific researcher who produced hundreds of research papers throughout a stellar career that spanned over a period of more than three decades. While i was aware of it, i always thought it would be too dated. Listen to east of eden audiobook by john steinbeck. Even nononsense science guru carl sagan acknowledged the curious phenomenon that, while the dinosaurs had been dead for millennia and the earth had totally renewed itself.
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