Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are [Paperback]

The book is not only full of information and thought-provoking, its also a lot of fun to read.Astonishing&has the makings of a classicand is one fascinating read.Walks us through research revealing what a wide range of animal species are actually capable of&[I]t all deals a pretty fierce wallop to our sense of specialness.A thoughtful and easy read, packed with information stemming from detailed empirical research, and one of de Waals most comparative works that goes well beyond the world of nonhuman primates with whom hes most familiar.A beautifully written and delightfully conceived popular science book, written by an eminent researcher who has dedicated his career to making the general public aware of just how smart animals are.If you are at all interested in what it is to be an animal, human or otherwise, you should read this book.This is a remarkable book by a remarkable scientist. Drawing on a growing body of research including his own, de Waal shows that animals, from elephants and chimpanzees to the lowly invertebrates, are not only smarter than we thought, but also engaged in forms of thought we have only begun to understand.So, are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? The question will occur to you many times as you read Frans de Waals remarkable distillations of science in this astonishingly broad-spectrum book. I guarantee one thing: readers come away aA