Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are

by David Philip Barash

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Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God's eye, specially-created creatures who are somehow above and beyond the natural world. This viewpoint--a persistent paradigm of our own unique self-importance--is as dangerous as it is false.

In Through a Glass Brightly, noted scientist David P. Barash explores the process by which science has, throughout time, cut humanity "down to size," and how humanity...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190673710

ISBN13:9780190673710

Release Date:August 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

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