BOOKS by Dr. Leonard Shlain

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1	The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain Theorizes about a profound change in prehistoric female sexuality that gave way to the emergence of Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago, citing evolutionary circumstances that led to the development of religion, death awareness, patriarchal culture, and human love. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain Art interprets the visible world, physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in "Art & Physics, "Leonard Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. From teh classical Greek sculptors to Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, and from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Finding Balance: Reconciling the Masculine/Feminine in Contemporary Art and Culture more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain, James Surls, Charmaine Locke (Introduction by) This provocative book, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name, explores the forces that bifurcate our society along gender lines. In its quest for balance--or, at minimum, an understanding of where cultural imbalances exist--Finding Balance draws upon literary discourse and the works of eleven internationally acclaimed artists: Jim Baker ... see all copies from $21.47! new only from $29.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sex, Time, and Power: How Woman's Sexuality Changed the Course of Human Evolution more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain No evidence exists for the sudden emergence of big-brained Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago, but Leonard Shlain proposes that profound changes in female sexuality explain the mystery. According to Shlain, the narrow bipedal pelvis and the increasing size of human infants' heads led to increased death rates among women during childbirth. Nature ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $15.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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