Man's Emerging Mind - Couverture souple

Berrill, The Late

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019543398X ISBN 13 : 9780195433982

Editeur : Oxford University Press, Canada, 2010

Synopsis

From one of Canada's most distinguished writers and scientists comes this startlingly prescient examination of how humanity's evolutionary past shapes both human nature and the human future. Winner of the Governor General's Award for non-fiction in 1955 and hailed by The New York Times as demonstrating "the imagination of an artist" and "the courage of an independent and original mind," Man's Emerging Mind is the compelling story of man's evolution, told with humour, insight, and poetry. In a book that remains as relevant as today's news headlines, Berrill examines the various crises confronting humanity-resource depletion, overpopulation, cultural nihilism, and ecological collapse-and suggests a way forward that safeguards both our essential humanity as well as the beauty and diversity of the natural world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

N. J. Berrill was one of mid-twentieth-century Canada's leading scientists and writers. Born in Bristol, England, in 1903, he received his doctorate at the University of London. In 1928 he joined the faculty at McGill University, where he served as chair of the Department of Zoology for more than a decade and then as Strathcona Professor of Zoology from 1947 to 1965. His research focused on marine organisms and he contributed dozens of papers to leading scientific journals over a span of more than 50 years. Named to Britain's Royal Society in recognition of his accomplishments in science, Berrill embarked on a second career in the 1950s as one of North America's leading science popularizers. Berrill continued to carry out research in the United States following his retirement from McGill. He died in 1996.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, Canada
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019543398X
• ISBN 13: 9780195433982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 326
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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