Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life .9780008226299

What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice£ The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter£ In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence n... - Manufacturers part number: 20 b/w illus, (8-page colour plate secti