Genius Within Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing

Name: Genius Within Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing
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ISBN: 9780151005512

ISBN-10: 0151005516

ISBN-13: 9780151005512

Edition: 2002

Authors: Frank T. Vertosick, Jr. Vertosick

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Can bacteria be as smart as we are? Can ants think? And fish? Yes, says Frank Vertosick, a neurosurgeon who combats our elitism about intelligence in this brilliant book. A gifted writer and author of the widely praised Why We Hurt, Vertosick shows us that intelligence--the ability to react to the outside world, to change behavior, and survive-can be found wherever life exists. He demonstrates the keen intelligence of our immune system, how lowly bacteria mutate and outwit antibiotics, and how canny cancer cells elude our natural defenses. A fascinating journey through worlds of unknown science and an unsettling argument against our valuing of brain intelligence above all else, The Genius…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 6/5/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



To the Reader


Introduction



The Small



The Microbial Mind



The Immune Intellect



The Enzyme Computer



The Abstract



The Yang and the Um



Networks



The Selfish Neuron



The Large



Wider than the Sky



Superorganisms



Magister Ludi


Addenda


Bibliography


Index