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The Kingdom of Speech
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2017
- Book Title
- The Kingdom of Speech
- ISBN
- 9780316404631
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316404632
ISBN-13
9780316404631
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237729514
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Kingdom of Speech
Subject
Life Sciences / Evolution, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Anthropology / General, Expeditions & Discoveries, Linguistics / General, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"In this mettlesome, slyly funny takedown, Wolfe spotlights two key scientific rivalries, each pitting a scrappy outsider against the academy....Wolfe's pithy and stirring play-by-play coverage of compelling lives and demanding science transforms our perception of speech....As always, white-suited Wolfe will be all over the media...stirring things up and sending readers to the shelves."-- Donna Seaman, Booklist
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
401.9
Synopsis
The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. "A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theory of evolution." (Dwight Garner, New York Times ) Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech--not evolution--is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech., The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution -- is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.
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- i***h (463)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat item! Really fun classic movies. Well packaged and fast shipping. THANKS!!!!
- 2***2 (704)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasebook as described, quick shipping
- o***o (10552)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI bought to put together the whole collection of this series to added to my collection of Poodles. The quality, condition, appearance, and vale added for me was just as described and what I was looking for.