Oren Harman
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe. Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific thinking on the birth of the universe and the solar...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An artful exploration of how the language of science has replaced old mythologies" --
"A brilliant, lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of Altruism. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing-apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning...
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