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  <title><![CDATA[The Dragons of Eden]]></title>
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  <default-description>Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading 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.&lt;br&gt;&quot;A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight.&quot;&lt;br&gt;THE NEW YORK TIMES</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1977</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence</original-title>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book to read after all of the recent research and groundbreaking discoveries of the human brain. Clearly, Sagan smokes weed. However, there are times when he must be coming off his high that his insights are both subtle and poignant. Oxymoronic, to be sure, but so was most of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/290614">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd read this book a few years ago, and loved it.  It's a great introduction to brain anatomy, consciousness/subconsciousness, and evolution.  An &quot;easy&quot; read, if any book that deals with these types of topics can be considered as such.  Sagan is good at presenting complex material in an in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4950653">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 13 17:55:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;There is a popular game, sometimes called Pong, which simulates on a television screen a perfectly elastic ball bouncing between two surfaces. Each player is given a dial that permits him to intercept the ball with a movable &quot;racket&quot;. Points are scored if the motion of the ball is no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6172627">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who is curious about themselves and the world]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 11 08:18:50 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel strongly that this book should be included in mythology courses because better than any textbook I've ever encountered it addresses the connections that exist between mythology and science. Not to say that mythology is scientific, but rather the ways of viewing the world, both contemporary an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4394373">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8398684">
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting questions on the origin and development of human intelligence. Still worth a read despite lots of progress since he wrote this.  Gives a good description of left/right brain competencies. Has piqued my interest in evolutionary development.  The guy was taken from us too early but sure ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8398684">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14109944">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[young philosophers, college students, anyone who is considering science in their career goal]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Dan Loss]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 30 18:30:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 31 05:23:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is simply the best book I was lucky enough to receive as a gift.  Written thirty years ago, Sagan's principles in science, philosophy, and humanity seem to grow more valid as the years go on.  I used to be an existentialist nutcase in high school, but this book straightened me right out.  I can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14109944">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6304677">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 03 12:38:00 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The copy of the book I got was published in 1977 and what isn't out of date is wrong.   The subtitle is &quot;Speculations on the evolution of human intelligence&quot;,  <br/> but little in the book is about that topic.<br/><br/> The book rambles from from one subject to another,<br/>from cute d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6304677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18156356">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 19 22:04:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 19 22:07:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is dated, but good.  I love reading about research on the human brain.  Sagan makes lots of corny jokes and asides that are not really appropriate but sort of endearing.  The evolution of the brain is the focus and Sagan talks a lot about the &quot;reptilian&quot; brain, the part that we h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18156356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10109775">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 07 15:33:11 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 07 15:42:01 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A look into the evolution of the human mind. Sagan closes the first chapter giving the reader a perspective on their position in history: If the history of the universe was represented by our 12-month year, the history of mankind would exist in the last second of the last minute of December 31. Expl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10109775">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18445474">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone from Ancestry.com !!  LOL!]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 23 11:41:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 23 11:47:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This somewhat difficult read will certainly open your eyes to who and what we are, and how we came to be the dominant species on the planet.  You may find yourself not too proud to be human, as the origins of our much-touted intellegence which separates us from the beasts comes into focus. Evolution...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18445474">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="569413">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 04 11:06:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i learned about the incatricies of the human mind, and how we, as a species, are unique out of all of the life on earth. It is  a complex and in-depth look at sociological behaviors, psychology, intellect and thought.]]></body>
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    <review id="11597086">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 03 20:25:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I kind of thought this was going to be -- I don't know, something about mythology.  Like, Jungian myth, maybe.  So I shouldn't judge it for not being the book I wanted to read, but...]]></body>
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    <review id="1123382">
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  <date_added>Wed May 09 10:34:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when my family vacationed to Lexington like 8 years ago. I don't remember anything about it, other than it made me want to read Cosmos. ]]></body>
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    <review id="2185658">
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend this book to those interested in a highly speculative supplemental essay (at best) disguised as a novel.]]></body>
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    <review id="9205985">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 16 13:32:05 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 16 16:29:59 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Extraordinarily well written, this book covers the extent of history according to modern science, with an emphasis on the principles of evolution and the progression of man-like species. The subtitle betrays that a lot of the work is speculative, but this is not to say that it is far-fetched. Sagan'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9205985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40188227">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the better 'easy' scientific reads out there.  Although it's more than 40 years old and some of the writing is outdated (the chapter about computers) Sagan brings up interesting points and writes about them in interesting ways.<br/><br/>Too bad I came after his time. I would have loved to s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40188227">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40345741">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chad]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 18:18:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about the evolution of human intelligence, and it provided insight into the workings of human cognitive thought.  It explained the evolutionary background that causes our brains work the way they do, and it also gave a thorough explanation of the hardware responsible for each behavioral...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40345741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually found this much more intriguing than <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55030.Cosmos" title="Cosmos by Carl Sagan">Cosmos</a>. Some of the ideas are a trifle half-baked...or maybe not. It gave me a new way to think about the human condition, which, I think, is always to the good.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52970941">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked Carl Sagan. I felt this book was different from his other books and was more speculation than factual data. I read this quite some time ago and am a bit fuzzy about some of what it was about but if recall correctly it speculated much about the cruelty we sometimes see committed by humans. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting read even if a bit dated.  The book goes from reptilian and aviary brains to mammalian, non-human primate, then human brains, showing which parts are shared and which are exclusive to humans.  A good introduction to the various parts and corresponding functions of the brain.  Particul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21530314">more...</a>]]></body>
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