The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

Author: David J. Linden
You’ve probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain’s elegant design in reverent tones. To which this book says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the wi….Read More
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