Tribal science
Subtitle: brains, beliefs, and bad ideas
By: by Mike McRae
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781616145835
Subjects: Social psychology; History; Human behavior; Science
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The storytelling monkey why do we see faces in clouds?; title: The creative serpent where did science come from?; title: The pitiful monster why do doctors wear white coats?; title: The logical alien why are we so unreasonable?; title: The clever horse; title: The science graveyard why do we hold onto bad ideas?; title: The tangled web who is in control of what we know?; title: The progressive human what will intelligence mean in the future?