Other Minds Collins Modern

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Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come.
What if intelligent life on earth not only evolved on land, but also in the sea?

Other Minds is a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself aEURO" a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mindaEURO (TM)s fitful development over millennia, Other Minds explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods. What kind of intelligence do they possess? And how did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart?

Heralded as the aEURO~scuba-diving philosopheraEURO (TM) when Other Minds first published, Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the underwater world and the concept of sentience to trace the question of inner life back to its roots. By comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Other Minds casts crucial new light on the octopus mind aEURO" and on our own.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780008485153
Published: May 2021

Number of pages: 272
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers