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The Dragons of Eden

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Carl Sagan J.D. Jackson Ann Druyan

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English
Bolinda/Brilliance Audio
28 August 2017
The Pulitzer Prize Winner Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends - and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

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Imprint:   Bolinda/Brilliance Audio
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Height: 134mm,  Width: 146mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   171g
ISBN:   9781543617238
ISBN 10:   1543617239
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sagan was Dir. of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies & David Duncan Prof. of Astronomy & Space Sciences at Cornell University.He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking & Voyage expeditions to the planets & was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for literature. He died in 1996. JD Jackson is an educator, actor and audiobook narrator. Currently an adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theatre from Temple University and several television and movie credits, including House, ER, Law & Order, Third Watch and Hack. He has also received several AudioFile Earphone Awards for his work. Ann Druyan is an Emmy Award-winning American writer and Peabody Award-winning producer specialising in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. She was the Creative Director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.

Reviews for The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

'A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday ... It's a delight.' -- The New York Times


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