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Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexity of Human Thought
Basic Books (2004)
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A psychologist offers a detailed study of the genetic underpinnings of human thought, looking at the small number of genes that contain the instructions for building the vastly complex human brain to determine how these genes work, common misconceptions about genes, and their implications for the future of genetic engineering. 30,000 first printing.Other Versions
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