GodfreySmith, Peter
Other Minds: The Octopus and-the Evolution of Intelligent-Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9780008226299
- author:
- GodfreySmith, Peter
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- William Collins
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science, Biology, Marine Biology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. In "Other Minds", Peter Godfrey-Smith explores a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself, tracing the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish. The cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs, underwent a remarkable evolutionary journey, abandoning their shells to rise above the ocean floor and acquire the intelligence needed to hunt and survive. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess, and how did the octopus, a solitary creature, become so smart? Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind and our own by comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives.
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