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The Kingdom of Speech by Tom Wolfe (2016, Hardcover)

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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. "A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theory of evolution." (Dwight Garner, New York Times ) Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech--not evolution--is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.

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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316404624
ISBN-13
9780316404624
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219322905

Product Key Features

Author
Tom Wolfe
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Anthropology / General, Expeditions & Discoveries, Linguistics / General, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Genre
Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
P35.W65 2016
Reviews
"In this mettlesome, slyly funny takedown, Wolfe spotlights two key scientific rivalries, each pitting a scrappy outsider against the academy....Wolfe's pithy and stirring play-by-play coverage of compelling lives and demanding science transforms our perception of speech....As always, white-suited Wolfe will be all over the media...stirring things up and sending readers to the shelves."-- Donna Seaman, Booklist
Publication Name
Kingdom of Speech
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-942707
Dewey Decimal
401.9
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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by chumabucardoAug 07, 2018
Not scientific, and not too humorous
Professional reviewers overstated the value, importance and worth and made us think that it was a great contribution to the question of evolution of speech. It is nothing more than an attempt (that may seem humorous and entertaining to some) at describing the politics of publication of theories and discovery in the quest to elucidate the evolution of speech
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by stlydanSep 13, 2021
The origins of speech.
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