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Author:   William B. Irvine (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780190869199

ISBN 10:   0190869194
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Your Multiple IdentitiesPart 1. Your Deep AncestryChapter 1. Your PeopleChapter 2. You and I Are RelatedChapter 3. You Have a Great Throwing ArmChapter 4. Your Place on the Tree of LifeChapter 5. Your Sex Problem(s)Chapter 6. The Neanderthal in Your Family TreeChapter 7. The Code(s) by which You LiveChapter 8. Your (Alien?) RootsPart 2. The Cellular YouChapter 9. You Are ComplexChapter 10. Your Ancestors Were BoringChapter 11. Your ""Cellmates""Chapter 12. Your ""Boarders""Part 3. The Atomic YouChapter 13. You Are What You Eat, AteChapter 14. Your Windblown PastChapter 15. Your Cosmic ConnectionChapter 16. Pulling Yourself TogetherPart 4. Your Place in the UniverseChapter 17. You Are a Gene MachineChapter 18. You Are (Merely) Part of LifeChapter 19. Your Many AfterlivesChapter 20. Why Are You Here?NotesWorks CitedIndex"

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Ever wondered where you came from and where you are going? Probably never like this. In his new book, William Irvine casts a philosohper's eye over the dizzying dimensions of the human material identity, with something to raise an eyebrow on every other page. - Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus of Human Origins, American Museum of Natural History and author of The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution

Ever wondered where you came from and where you are going? Probably never like this. In his new book, William Irvine casts a philosopher's eye over the dizzying dimensions of the human material identity, with something to raise an eyebrow on every other page. -- Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus of Human Origins, American Museum of Natural History and author of The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution Irvine's conversational tone and brief chapter structure make this book very accessible to a broad audience. And if I were to list the topics I'd like to see covered in a general science education, I would include many of the ones that appear in You: A Natural History. --Science

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William B. Irvine is Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He describes himself as a twenty-first century Stoic with an intense interest in science. Dr. Irvine is the author of the bestselling A Guide to the Good Life: the Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (2008) and numerous other books.

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