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ISBN: 978-0-571-17448-5

Publisher: Faber and Faber - 1996

Synopsis: The 'trouble' with science began in 1632, when Galileo demolished the belief that the earth is the centre of the universe. Yet despite the bewildering success of the scientific revolution, many continue to hanker after the cosy certainties of a man-centred universe, and young people increasingly turn away from science. In The Trouble with Science, Professor Robin Dunbar launches a vigorous counter-blast. Drawing on studies of traditional societies and animal behaviour, his argument ranges from Charles Darwin to Nigerian Fulani herdsman, from lab rats to the mathematicians of ancient Babylonia. Along the way, he asks whether science really is unique to western culture - even to mankind - and suggests that our 'trouble with science' may lie in the fact that evolution has left our minds better able to cope with day-to-day social interaction than with the complexities of the external world.

Condition: Light shelf wear on the exterior of the paperback; Inscription on first page; Light spots on the edge of pages not affecting the text; The rest of the pages are clean and in very good condition;

Robin Dunbar - Human Evolution

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ISBN: 978-0-141-97531-3

Publisher: Penguin Group - 2014

Synopsis: What makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why did we survive, and other human species fail? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human species. How did this extraordinary proliferation of species come about - and then go extinct? And why did we emerge such intellectual giants? The tale of our origins has inevitably been told through the 'stones and bones' of the archaeological record, yet Robin Dunbar shows it was our social and cognitive changes rather than our physical development which truly made us distinct from other species.

Condition: Very light shelf wear on the exterior of the paperback; Pages are clean, unmarked and in excellent condition;