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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dylan Evans |
| ISBN: | 0192804618 9780192804617 |
| OCLC Number: | 51235170 |
| Notes: | Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. |
| Description: | 139 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- List of illustrations -- The universal language -- Why Spock could never have evolved -- Short cuts to happiness -- The head and the heart -- The computer that cried -- Afterword: the heart has its reasons -- Further reading -- Source material -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Very short introductions, 81. |
| Responsibility: | Dylan Evans. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? Drawing on a range of scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence, this work explores many such questions.
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<br>"A pop science classic."--John Walsh, Independent on Sunday<p><br>
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