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6 Fantastic Non-Fiction Books for Curious People
The endeavour of discovery is a pure joy. Here are six books that have captured my imagination the most. Without further ado…
1. Other Minds
Peter Godfrey Smith — 2018
Godfrey Smith invites us into a world beneath the waves, where — contrary to what is widely known — intelligent life envolved twice.
This other intelligent life — the octopus — may be the closest we ever come to meeting an alien. A philosopher by trade, he had studied octopuses for years beneath the waves before writing this book. Through this lens, he explores how consciousness, sentience and intelligence fit into our world, taking us back 3.8 billion years and examining the lesser-known evolutionary road to intelligence, with rigour and passion.
You’ve probably never wondered what it would be like to have almost independent bundles of neurons — mini-brains — in your legs, but you sure will after reading this..!
