Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz

The #1 New York Times bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.

Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs' perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. What's it like to be able to smell not just every bit of open food in the house but also to smell sadness in humans, or even the passage of time? How does a tiny dog manage to play successfully with a Great Dane? What is it like to hear the bodily vibrations of insects or the hum of a fluorescent light? Why must a person on a bicycle be chased? What's it like to use your mouth as a hand? In short, what is it like for a dog to experience life from two feet off the ground, amidst the smells of the sidewalk, gazing at our ankles or knees?

Inside of a Dog explains these things and much more. The answers can be surprising--once we set aside our natural inclination to anthropomorphize dogs. Inside of a Dog also contains up-to-the-minute research--on dogs' detection of disease, the secrets of their tails, and their skill at reading our attention--that Horowitz puts into useful context. Although not a formal training guide, Inside of a Dog has practical application for dog lovers interested in understanding why their dogs do what they do. With a light touch and the weight of science behind her, Alexandra Horowitz examines the animal we think we know best but may actually understand the least. This book is as close as you can get to knowing about dogs without being a dog yourself.

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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Title	Inside of a Dog
Author	Alexandra Horowitz
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2010-09-28
Number of pages	384
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