The Hominid Gang - Delta Willis
behind the scenes in the search for human origins
KORTE INHOUD
"No subject in the evolutionary sciences could possibly be more important than paleoanthropology?the study of human fossils?in our attempt to fulfill the Socratic injunction: know thyself. Unfortunately, no subject is more encumbered by bias and mythology arising from our extreme reluctance to treat such a close and emotive issue with dispassion....
"Chronicles of actual practice, written by people who know the work in an intimate day-by-day manner, are our best sources of insight into the actual practice and content of science.... Fine works of this genre are among the rarest commodities of good writing in science. Some have been done by practicing scientists themselves; others have been composed by writers who make the rare step of immersing themselves so deeply into the daily lives of scientists that they develop the requisite, but nearly indefinable, 'feel' of professional understanding.
"The Hominid Gang lies firmly in this second and rarest genre of books by good writers who truly understand by dint of pe...
"Chronicles of actual practice, written by people who know the work in an intimate day-by-day manner, are our best sources of insight into the actual practice and content of science.... Fine works of this genre are among the rarest commodities of good writing in science. Some have been done by practicing scientists themselves; others have been composed by writers who make the rare step of immersing themselves so deeply into the daily lives of scientists that they develop the requisite, but nearly indefinable, 'feel' of professional understanding.
"The Hominid Gang lies firmly in this second and rarest genre of books by good writers who truly understand by dint of pe...
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1989, half cloth hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Willis, Delta] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Viking] [Jaar: 1989] [Titel: The Hominid Gang: Behind the Scenes in the Search for Human Origins]
