Evolutions
Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"An artful exploration of how the language of science has replaced old mythologies" -- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Fate : the birth of the universe -- Hubris : the creation of the solar system -- Motherhood : the earth and the moon -- Immortality : life comes to the planet -- Love : the web of life -- Freedom : symbiosis -- Death : sex -- Pride: the origins of multi-cellularity -- Jealousy : the invention of the eye -- Curiosity : on to land -- Solitude : into the air -- Sacrifice : return to the sea -- Memory : the beginnings of consciousness -- Truth : language is born -- Revenge : tricks of the mind.
ISBN:
9780374150709 (hardcover)
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