ocmpoma's catalog

Human origins

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:48:31 +0000

In the footsteps of Eve : the mystery of human origins
GN281.B47 2000

Brett Hilton-Barber

Tagged: evolution, human origins

Crazy Horse

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:44:45 +0000

The journey of Crazy Horse : a Lakota history
E99.O3C72457 2004

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Joseph M. Marshall III

Tagged: Amerindians, biography, Crazy Horse, history, oral history, United States

Identity, violence, destiny

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:39:54 +0000

Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny
BD236.S46

Amartya Sen

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: behavior, identity, politics, violence

Human origins

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:32:48 +0000

Significant Others: The Ape-Human Continuum and the Quest for Human Nature

GN281.4.S72

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Craig B. Stanford

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: apes, evolution, human origins

Human origins

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:28:50 +0000

The first chimpanzee: In search of human origins
GN281.G74 1982b

John R. Gribbin

Tagged: chimpanzees, evolution, human origins

Unpredictability

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:45:32 +0000

The black swan – thinking the impossible?
UChannel

Nassim Taleb

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: behavior, black swans, knowledge, predictability, probability

Economics

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:31:12 +0000

The logic of life

Tim Harford

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: behavior, economics

Behavior and thought

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:04:12 +0000

The stuff of thought: Language as a window into human nature
UChannel

Steven Pinker

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: behvaior, language

Religious freedom

ocmpoma — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:59:32 +0000

Freedom of Religion
UChannel

Roger Scruton

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: policy, politics, religion

1800 election

ocmpoma — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:42:50 +0000

Edward J. Larson discusses the electoral circus
The World in Time

Lewis Lapham, Edward J. Larson

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: 1800, Adams, Democracy, history, Jefferson, politics, United States