The Dragons of Eden

Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

De: Carl Sagan

Narrado por: JD Jackson, Ann Druyan

The Pulitzer Prize Winner

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends - and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

©1977 Carl Sagan (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . . It's a delight." --The New York Times

“How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important and elegant book? . . . He talks about all kinds of things: the why of the pain of human childbirth . . . the reason for sleeping and dreaming . . . chimpanzees taught to communicate in deaf and dumb language . . . the definition of death . . . cloning . . . computers . . . intelligent life on other planets. . . . Fascinating . . . delightful.” --The Boston Globe

“In some lost Eden where dragons ruled, the foundations of our intelligence were laid. . . . Carl Sagan takes us on a guided tour of that lost land. . . . Fascinating . . . entertaining . . . masterful.” --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Carl Sagan is my only god

Great for students of all sciences. I really loved this book as a first year student of biology. It was helpful in solidifying material and gaining further insight to it.

Great book.

I learned a lot about things I didn’t know before. The last hour-ish felt a little like a Stephen King novel but nonetheless I enjoyed the other 8 or so hours. “hiyo silver, away!” I can picture hell being something like having a loudspeaker screaming this phrase to torture me for an eternity. Not that I believe in such a place.

Another informative book!

Great book and a lot of interesting topics. given that this was written 40 years ago, some of the information is outdated, but I think there are still some universal concepts worth learning about

Non-fiction so much more intriguing

To gather knowledge one has to take the past, the present and the future into consideration to form one’s opinion. I for one find that the more non-fiction I read I discover more fantastical, mysterious, dramatic and intriguing stories any mind could ever come up with.

The narrator is a pretty convincing Sagan

Excellent. I gave 4 stars for story as it tends to be overly technical at times. other than that, a very relaxing and enlightening read.

Oh one of Carl Sagan’s most brilliant work

This is by far one of the most approachable and intuitive work of science and evolution buy one of the most brilliant writers and scientist of our time. Despite the time in which it was written, the relevant it still home for today is second to none.
The way in which an audiobook is performed can mean either the life or death of the work., especially in the case of a work of intelligence and rich science. It is made attainable to all levels of intellect by this deft cadence and performance Additionally, this particular performance makes the book enjoyable and as captivating as if being read by its own author.

Old but gold

Such a work of art. An inspiring and enlightening book. One that is using detailed and good arguments to support its ideas. It is an amazing book with few "outdated" information that brings one an insight into our place in the world.

Carl

It's Carl Sagan. No need to say more! What insight from 50 years ago.

CARL SAGAN

Carl Sagan died from a bone-marrow disease at the relatively young age of 62 in 1996. One generally associates Sagan with his Cosmos series, but his education went far beyond the study of astronomy. His book reflects as much on the philosophy of life as the future of society, science, and technology. In 1978, Sagan receives the Nobel Prize for nonfiction with “The Dragons of Eden”. In retrospect, it seems a wise decision by the Nobel panel of judges.

Interesting but dated

Interesting view from 1977. I think Sagan would have wanted to update it. There were many things where time has changed his statements dramatically. His accounts of computers look primitive now. And his review of the causes of the demise of the dinosaurs cover many possibilities it not the one that is currently the consensus view.