CAROL YOON, NAMING NATURE: THE CLASH BETWEEN INSTINCT AND SCIENCE
09/09/2009 7:00 pm
Location:
Street:
Village Books
Additional:
1200 Eleventh Street
City:
Bellingham
,
Province:
Washington
Postal Code:
98225
Country:
United States
Deep inside of every person there lies a powerful drive, one that has long shaped human behavior but of which few people have ever heard: the urge to name living organisms. Carol Kaesuk Yoon, a biologist who has written for the New York Times for over a decade, tells the story of this human mandate presenting an array of scientific research that suggests that human beings are born with an innate desire to name living things.
Deep inside of every person there lies a powerful drive, one that has long shaped human behavior but of which few people have ever heard: the urge to name living organisms. Carol Kaesuk Yoon, a biologist who has written for the New York Times for over a decade, tells the story of this human mandate presenting an array of scientific research that suggests that human beings are born with an innate desire to name living things.
