Описание: Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. "A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight." THE NEW YORK TIMES
Автор: Christie Deborah, Lauro Sarah Juliet Название: Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human ISBN: 0823234479 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780823234479 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 5146.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In an age where anxiety pervades our culture, Better Off Dead explores whether the zombie resembles our pre-historic past or acts as a mirror showing our present day foes. The zombie is ubiquitous in popular culture: from comic books to video games, to internet applications and homemade films, zombies are all around us. Investigating the zombie from an interdisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on deep analytical engagement with diverse kinds of texts, Better OffDead addresses some of the more unlikely venues where zombies are found while providing the reader with a classic overview of the zombie's folkloric and cinematic history.What has the zombie metaphor meant in the past? Why does it continue to be so prevalent in our culture? Where others have looked at the zombie as an allegory for humanity's inner machinations or claimed the zombie as capitalist critique, this collection seeks to provide an archaeology of thezombie-tracing its lineage from Haiti, mapping its various cultural transformations, and suggesting the post-humanist direction in which the zombie is ultimately heading. Approaching the zombie from many different points of view, the contributors look across history and across media. Though they represent various theoretical perspectives, the whole makes a cohesive argument: The zombie has not just evolved within narratives; it has evolved in a way that transformsnarrative. This collection announces a new post-zombie, even before the boundaries of this rich and mysterious myth have been completely charted.
Автор: Dutton Denis Название: The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution ISBN: 1608190552 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781608190553 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 1379.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: "The Art Instinct "combines two of the most fascinating and contentious disciplines, art and evolutionary science, in a provocative new work that will revolutionize the way art itself is perceived. Aesthetic taste, argues Denis Dutton, is an evolutionary trait, and is shaped by natural selection. It's "not," as almost all contemporary art criticism and academic theory would have it, "socially constructed." The human appreciation for art is innate, and certain artistic values are universal across cultures, such as a preference for landscapes that, like the ancient savannah, feature water and distant trees. If people from Africa to Alaska prefer images that would have appealed to our hominid ancestors, what does that mean for the entire discipline of art history? Dutton argues, with forceful logic and hard evidence, that art criticism needs to be premised on an understanding of evolution, not on abstract "theory." Sure to provoke discussion in scientific circles and an uproar in the art world, "The Art Instinct" offers radical new insights into both the nature of art and the workings of the human mind.
Автор: Tuttle Russell H Название: Apes and Human Evolution ISBN: 0674073169 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674073166 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 13139.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Russell Tuttle synthesizes a vast literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. He refutes the theory that we are sophisticated, instinctively aggressive and destructive killer apes.
Автор: Zihlman Adrienne, Coloring Concepts Inc Название: The Human Evolution Coloring Book, 2e ISBN: 0062737171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062737175 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 2611.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: With a new cover, this second edition is entirely rewritten with 40% new drawings and includes latest discoveries in human and primate evolution.
Автор: Robin Dunbar Название: Human Evolution ISBN: 0141975318 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141975313 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why did we survive, and other human species fail? How did this extraordinary proliferation of species come about - and then go extinct? This book shows it was our social and cognitive changes which truly made us distinct from other species.
Автор: Geist, Valerius Название: Life strategies, human evolution, environmental design ISBN: 1461263271 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461263272 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Resources are always defined by a given economic system, and only it determines what is and what is not a resource. Conservation of resources as we know them has nothing to do with the survival of mankind, but it has very much to do with the survival of the industrial system and society we live in today.
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