From Genes To Brains To Books
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Points out that evolution requires that ever increasing quantities of information be stored in the brain. Shows that when genes became inadequate to this task, nature invented the neuron and that as the libraries of the brain have become overloaded, man has created symbolic communication, writing, to create libraries which house the accrued information of generations.
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- Encyclopedia Galactica 1980
- Evolution - The Four Billion Year Legacy 1980
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- Persistence of memory 1980
- The Edge Of Forever 1980
- The Expanding Universe 1980
- The Harmony Of The Worlds 1980
- The Origin of Life 1980
- The Persistence Of Memory 1980
- The Search For Extra Terrestrial Life 1980
- The Search For Extraterrestrial Life 1980
- The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean 1980
- Traveler's Tales 1980
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record
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