- Behavior, Evolution, Psychology, Animal intelligence
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses have attracted wide notice. In this book, he brings his parallel careers together to tell a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself.
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Godfrey-Smith
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780008226275
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