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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith (Paperback, 2018)

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What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so - a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually 'think for themselves'? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind - and on our own.

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HarperCollins
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9780008226299
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Peter Godfrey-Smith
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Other Minds: the Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
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Paperback
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English
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Biology
Publication Year
2018
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Textbook
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272 Pages

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Peter Godfrey-Smith
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by francpurg25 May, 2022
Excelent. Great book, my 12 year old son is reading it now.
A very good way to understand a different way of thinking about nature.
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by bobbeepboop02 Jun, 2021
Fascinating stuff
I'd listened to the audio book version on BBC Sounds and enjoyed it immensely and wanted more; the book has more depth but is still entertaining and thought provoking.
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by joh-hopw09 Dec, 2022
A study of intelligence.
A study showing how the octopus brain and the human brain are surprisingly similar.Beautifully written study account.
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by pHyTWbLJQz6@Del...16 Dec, 2020
stunning book!
this is a fascinating, compelling, and arresting read - highly recommended
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by 2barecheeks10 Jun, 2021
Octopus's are cool!
A great insight into the Octopus.
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