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The Dragons of Eden

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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The Dragons of Eden

By: Carl Sagan
Narrated by: JD Jackson, Ann Druyan
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The Pulitzer Prize Winner

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great 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.

©1977 Carl Sagan (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Biological Sciences Environment Evolution Evolution & Genetics Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Human Brain

Critic Reviews

"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

“How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important and elegant book? . . . He talks about all kinds of things: the why of the pain of human childbirth . . . the reason for sleeping and dreaming . . . chimpanzees taught to communicate in deaf and dumb language . . . the definition of death . . . cloning . . . computers . . . intelligent life on other planets. . . . Fascinating . . . delightful.” --The Boston Globe

“In some lost Eden where dragons ruled, the foundations of our intelligence were laid. . . . Carl Sagan takes us on a guided tour of that lost land. . . . Fascinating . . . entertaining . . . masterful.” --St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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i wish i read this book years ago, it is a must and i thouroughly enjoyed it

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What an insightful man Carl Sagan was. We could do with many more like him in our crazy, crazy world.
The Narrator used a similar pacing and speech tones to the author, and it easy to feel like it was Carl himself reading the book.
I highly recommend a listen to Dragons of Eden, by Carl Sagan
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I Loved the Dragon of Eden

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great narration, RNA/DNA explained well, listening to it again, absolutely loved the book, thank you

We The Dragons

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