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873294
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| Main Entry
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Barash, David P.
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| Title & Author
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Through a glass brightly : : using science to see our species as we really are /\ David P. Barash.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, [2018]
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| Page. NO
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iii, 203 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0190673710
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: 0190673729
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: 9780190673710
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: 9780190673727
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The journey to Brobdingnag -- From centrality to periphery -- The meaning of life -- Well designed? -- The anthropic principle -- Tardigrades, Trisolarans, and the toughness of life -- Of humanzees and chimphumans -- Separateness of self -- Uniquely thoughtful -- Conflict between parents and offspring -- True or false? -- The myth of monogamy -- War and peace -- About those better angels -- Who's in charge? -- The paradox of power -- Conclusion : optāre aude.
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| Abstract
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"Human beings are important, especially to themselves! But as science advances, it has become increasingly clear that we are less special and more natural than many people have long believed. This book shows how, as we finally look at ourselves honestly and accurately, we can identify ourselves as wonderfully natural, inseparable from the universe and other living things"--
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Human beings-- Animal nature.
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Human ecology.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Human beings-- Animal nature.
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Human ecology.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophische Anthropologie.
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Anthropology, Physical-- methods.
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Humans.
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Biological Evolution.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.9
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| LC Classification
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GN280.7.B37 2018
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| NLM classification
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2018 H-661
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GN 280.7
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| Parallel Title
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Using science to see our species as we really are
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