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BL
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629094
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Marcus, Gary F., (Gary Fred)
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| Title & Author
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The birth of the mind : : how a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought /\ Gary Marcus
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ix, 278 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0465044050
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: 9780465044054
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: 0465044069 (pbk.)
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: 9780465044061 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-257) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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In The Birth of the Mind, award-winning cognitive scientist Gary Marcus irrevocably alters the nature vs. nurture debate by linking the findings of the Human Genome Project to the development of the brain. Scientists have long struggled to understand how a tiny number of genes could contain the instructions for building the human brain, arguably the most complex device in the known universe. Synthesizing up-to-the-minute research with his own original findings on child development, Marcus is the first to resolve this apparent contradiction. Vibrantly written and completely accessible to the lay reader, The Birth of the Mind will forever change the way we think about our origins and ourselves. The first book to show precisely how genes build the wonders of the human brain, and why the Human Genome Project could radically alter our view of the world
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Genetic psychology
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Psychobiology
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Nature and nurture
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Cognitive science
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Brain-- growth development
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Brain-- physiology
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Neuropsychology
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Genetics, Behavioral
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Mental Processes-- physiology
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Social Environment
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Hérédité et milieu
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Psychobiologie
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Psychologie génétique
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Sciences cognitives
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| Dewey Classification
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155.7
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| LC Classification
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BF701.M32 2004
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2004 A-570
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WL 103.5M322b 2004
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