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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
informative
To describe the book in one phrase I’d pick “An ode to intelligence, mostly human”.
Hope to update it in a couple of days with a bit more details.
Hope to update it in a couple of days with a bit more details.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Some interesting theories, but unfortunately some of the science has become dated. I also felt the book was arranged somewhat haphazardly.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
"Chimpanzees can abstract. Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions.
Why, exactly, all over the civilized world, in virtually every major city, are apes in prison?"
"Humans have systematically exterminated those other primates who displayed signs of intelligence."
Carl Sagan is the best science teacher one can ever get. Even though I am not a biology major, I was able to enjoy this book. A great book where he talks about EVERYTHING that you ever wanted to know about your brain. Probably one of the best non-fictions I have ever read.
Some info that made me love this book:
-> how much info do our genes carry
-> evolution of human brain
-> various components of human brain
-> right and left hemisphere of brains
-> what exactly is intuitiveness
-> why do humans and other mammals sleep
-> difference between dream sleep and dreamless sleep
-> REM sleep
-> what do our dreams mean
-> why do some people sleep for longer time while some sleep for lesser time
-> extraterrestrial intelligence
-> what causes some of the mental illnesses
-> why animals cannot talk
-> Reptiles vs Mammals
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Why, exactly, all over the civilized world, in virtually every major city, are apes in prison?"
"Humans have systematically exterminated those other primates who displayed signs of intelligence."
Carl Sagan is the best science teacher one can ever get. Even though I am not a biology major, I was able to enjoy this book. A great book where he talks about EVERYTHING that you ever wanted to know about your brain. Probably one of the best non-fictions I have ever read.
Some info that made me love this book:
-> how much info do our genes carry
-> evolution of human brain
-> various components of human brain
-> right and left hemisphere of brains
-> what exactly is intuitiveness
-> why do humans and other mammals sleep
-> difference between dream sleep and dreamless sleep
-> REM sleep
-> what do our dreams mean
-> why do some people sleep for longer time while some sleep for lesser time
-> extraterrestrial intelligence
-> what causes some of the mental illnesses
-> why animals cannot talk
-> Reptiles vs Mammals
Pulitzer Prize Winner