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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 Mindsis a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the minds fitful development over millennia,Other Mindsexplores 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 scuba-diving philosopher whenOther Mindsfirst 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 Mindscasts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own.