By William Calvin - The Cerebral Symphony: Seashore Reflections on the Structure of C (1905-06-27) [Hardcover] (original 1990; edition 1990)

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Set amidst the Woods Hole research colony on Cape Cod. Daniel C. Dennett said, “Thinking along with Calvin is sheer delight. This book has the most vivid and lucid explanations of brain function I have seen, and his discussions of evolution place him in the same league with Stephen Gould and Richard Dawkins as elegant expositors in the life sciences.”… (more)

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Title:	By William Calvin - The Cerebral Symphony: Seashore Reflections on the Structure of C (1905-06-27) [Hardcover]
Authors:	William Calvin (Author)
Info:	Bantam (1990)
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The Cerebral Symphony by William Calvin (1990)

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The Cerebral Symphony

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The Cerebral Symphony: Seashore Reflections on the Structure of Consciousness

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De cerebrale symfonie : beschouwingen aan zee over de structuur van het bewustzĳn

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Set amidst the Woods Hole research colony on Cape Cod. Daniel C. Dennett said, “Thinking along with Calvin is sheer delight. This book has the most vivid and lucid explanations of brain function I have seen, and his discussions of evolution place him in the same league with Stephen Gould and Richard Dawkins as elegant expositors in the life sciences.”

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