The River that Flows Uphill: A Journey From the Big Bang to the Big Brain - Softcover

William H. Calvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871567199 ISBN 13: 9780871567192

Publisher: Random House, Inc., 1987

Synopsis

A trip through the Grand Canyon provides a format for exploring the evolution of life and the development of consciousness and intelligence

About this title

About the Author:

William H. Calvin is a theoretical neurophysiologist at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Atlantic Monthlys cover story, The Great Climate Flip-Flop, and of ten books, including The Cerebral Code, How Brains Think, The Throwing Madonna, The River that Flows Uphill, The Cerebral Symphony, and co-author of Conversations with Neils Brain and Lingua ex Machina.

From Library Journal:

Conversations with imaginary companions during an actual float trip down the Colorado River provide the structure upon which this discourse on evolution and its relation to the environment is built. Successive geological strata exposed by the river's slice through the Grand Canyon spur discussions among the voyagers, who contribute details from the scientific disciplines they represent. Calvin, author of Inside the Brain and The Throwing Madonna , provides little new information here. Rather, the book's value lies in its unique interweaving of geology, human evolution, anthropology, and ecology in a clear time setting. A fine example of science writing for the interested layperson. Highly recommended for general collections. Frank Reiser, Biology Dept., Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, N.Y.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House, Inc.
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0871567199
• ISBN 13: 9780871567192
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 542