Derek Bickerton

Le gangster Johnny Mellors organise le hold-up d’une compagnie. Le conducteur de la voiture blindée qui transporte l’argent est tué…

The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary... Lire la suite

The classic work on the origins and evolution of language from the pioneering linguist and author of Adam's Tongue. Language and Species presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on "living... Lire la suite

"Part memoir, part intellectual detective story and part linguistics primer. Bickerton is a spirited, clever writer." —Nathaniel Rich, Los Angeles Times Book Review Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area... Lire la suite

Cet ouvrage s’adresse à un large public. Alliant critique vigoureuse des vieilles idées et théories fougueuses mais sérieuses, Il s’attache à déterminer les conditions d’apparition du langage chez les hominidés et s’appuie pour cela sur une approche... Lire la suite

Noto per aver formulato, in parallelo a Darwin, una teoria evoluzionistica «per selezione naturale», Alfred Wallace ne coglieva fin dall’inizio uno dei limiti principali: l’incapacità di spiegare perché la nostra specie abbia acquisito una mente «di... Lire la suite

How language evolved has been called "the hardest problem in science." In Adam's Tongue, Derek Bickerton—long a leading authority in this field—shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as... Lire la suite