Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-2016
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADESVILLE | ADULT NON-FICTION | 591.51 WAALScience & Technology | Available |
What separates your mind from that of an animal? Is it the ability to design tools; a sense of self; or the grasp of past and future? In recent decades these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Waal explores both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence, offering a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are, and how we've underestimated their abilities for too long.
Main title:
Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? / Frans de Waal ; with drawings by the author.
Author:
Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-, author, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Granta Books, 2016.©2016.
Collation:
340 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index.
Contents:
Magic wells -- A tale of two schools -- Cognitive ripples -- Talk to me -- The measure of all things -- Social skills -- Time will tell -- Of mirrors and jars -- Evolutionary cognition.
ISBN:
9781783783045 (hardback)1783783044 (hardback)
Dewey class:
591.513
Language:
English
BRN:
375289
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADESVILLE | ADULT NON-FICTION | 591.51 WAALScience & Technology | Available |