Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
by Peter Godfrey-Smith
***🏆 A Five Books Book of the Year ***
Recommendations from our site
“What makes this such an interesting book for me is the combination of the first person and the more scientific and philosophical analysis. I’ve already mentioned that the author is a scuba diver. He’s brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the animals he observes” Read more...
The Best Philosophy Books of 2020
Nigel Warburton, Philosopher
Our most recommended books
-
The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene -
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes -
The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
by Horace Freeland Judson -
The Flamingo's Smile
by Stephen Jay Gould -
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
by Barbara Goldsmith -
Ways of Knowing: A New History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
by John Pickstone