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Book Title: Six Impossible Things before Breakfast : the Evolutionary Origins of Belief
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: Lewis Wolpert
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Social, Epistemology, Life Sciences / Evolution, Emotions
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Psychology, Science, Philosophy
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
