Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? / Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393246193
- ISBN: 0393246191
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Animal intelligence. Psychology, Comparative. Animal intelligence. Psychology, Comparative. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
A Time magazine top-100 influential notable and the author of Our Inner Ape presents a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence that offers a revolutionary exploration of the intricate and complex nature of the animal mind. - WW Norton
A New York Times bestseller: "A passionate and convincing case for the sophistication of nonhuman minds." âAlison Gopnik, The Atlantic
Hailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognitionâin crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bonobosâto reveal how smart animals really are, and how weâve underestimated their abilities for too long. Did you know that octopuses use coconut shells as tools, that elephants classify humans by gender and language, and that there is a young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame? Fascinating, entertaining, and deeply informed, de Waalâs landmark work will convince you to rethink everything you thought you knew about animalâand humanâintelligence.