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Life, evolution and other minds. Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds follows the evolution of intelligence in the octopus, one of the strangest minds on Earth. David Quammen's The Song of the Dodo tells how islands shaped evolution and why island species are vanishing. Peter Singer's The Expanding Circle asks how evolution gave rise to ethics. Three clear, engaging books for readers who love the living world.
Biology
How evolution shaped bodies, minds and morals. Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds traces the separate evolution of intelligence in octopuses and its lessons for consciousness. David Quammen's The Song of the Dodo explores island biogeography, from Darwin and Wallace to modern extinctions. Peter Singer's The Expanding Circle argues that human ethics grew out of evolved altruism and reason. For readers who want to see evolution at work far beyond the textbook.
Biology
Zoology is the study of animals: their bodies, behaviour and evolution. Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds focuses on the octopus and its relatives, the cephalopods: animals with large brains, neurons spread through their arms and remarkable curiosity, whose intelligence evolved completely separately from ours. Drawing on his own dives and on science, Godfrey-Smith asks what it is like to be such a creature. A fascinating, beautifully written book for animal lovers. More books will join this category; see Biology and Science & Nature.
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