Being a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

Being a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ--the nose--and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways.

What the dog sees and knows comes mostly through his nose, and the information that every dog takes in about the world just based on smell is unthinkably rich. To a dog, there is no such thing as fresh air. Every gulp of air is full of information.

In Being a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz, an eminent research scientist in the field of dog cognition, explores what the nose knows by taking an imaginative leap into what it is like to be a dog. Inspired by her own family dogs, Finnegan and Upton, Horowitz sets off on a quest to make sense of scents. In addition to speaking to experts across the country, Horowitz visits the California Narcotic Canine Association Training Institute and the Stapleton Group's Vapor wake explosives dog training team; she meets vets and researchers working with dogs to detect cancerous cells and anticipate epileptic seizure or diabetic shock; she travels with Finnegan to the west coast where he learns how to find truffles; Horowitz even attempts to smell-train her own nose.

Featuring more of the fetching and whimsical drawings by the author that charmed fans of Inside of a Dog, Being a Dog is a scientifically rigorous book that presents cutting-edge research with literary flair. Revealing such surprising facts such as panting dogs cannot smell to explaining how dogs tell time by detecting lingering smells, Horowitz covers the topic of noses--both canine and human--from curious and always fascinating angles. As we come to understand how rich, complex, and exciting the world around us appears to a dog's sense of smell, we can begin to better appreciate it through our own.

Alexandra Horowitz unterrichtet Psychologie, Tierverhaltenskunde und Kognition des Hundes am Barnard College der New Yorker Columbia University. Sie hat an der University of California in San Diego in Kognitionswissenschaft promoviert und Menschen, Nashorner, Bonobos und Hunde erforscht. Vor ihrer wissenschaftlichen Laufbahn arbeitete sie als Lexikographin bei Merriam-Webster und fur den New Yorker. In New York City unternimmt sie oft Spaziergange mit ihrem Ehemann, dem Schriftsteller Ammon Shea, ihrem Sohn und zwei groen Hunden, die nicht bei Fu gehen. Horowitz ist die Autorin des Bestsellers Inside of a Dog (deutsch: Was denkt der Hund?) und unterstreicht mit ihrem zweiten Buch erneut, dass sie zu den gewitztesten Beobachtern unserer so unendlich komplizierten Welt gehort.

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ISBN 13	9781476796024
ISBN 10	1476796025
Title	Being a Dog
Author	Alexandra Horowitz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scribner Book Company
Year published	2017-10-17
Number of pages	336
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