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Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self [PDF ebook]

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Sir John Eccles, a distinguished scientist and Nobel Prize winner who has devoted his scientific life to the study of the mammalian brain, tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as human persons possessed of reflective consciousness.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9780203976661 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 1991 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2302880 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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