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How brains think : evolving intelligence, then and now / William H. Calvin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calvin, William H., 1939-
- Series:
- Science masters series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellect.
- Human information processing.
- Brain.
- Psychology, Comparative.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [1996]
- Contents:
- 1 What to Do Next 1
- 2 Evolving a Good Guess 9
- 3 The Janitor's Dream 27
- 4 Evolving Intelligent Animals 47
- 5 Syntax as a Foundation of Intelligence 63
- 6 Evolution on-the-Fly 91
- 7 Shaping Up an Intelligent Act from Humble Origins 113
- 8 Prospects for a Superhuman Intelligence 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465072771
- OCLC:
- 35055525
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