Time, Love, Memory

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The origin of our species was one of the great unanswered questions - until Darwin. The origins of the universe, and of life itself, are fundamental questions still. But perhaps the most intimate and pressing inquiry for our species concerns the origin of human behaviour. How much of it is passed down from one generation to the next How much of our fate is decided before we are born What is written for us - in what code, and from what materials

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"Fascinating.... [A] compelling account of the origins of a scientific revolution [and] a poignant sketch of the scientist-as-artist." --"Newsday"
"Weiner shines his formidable science-reporting light indoors....There is no better fly on the wall." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer"