Mentioned Books

"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses have attracted wide notice. In this book, he brings his parallel careers together to tell a …
“This is Peter Gottfried Smith, professor at the University of Sydney, and the author of Other Minds, The Octopus, and The Deep Origins of Consciousness. The professor has a new speculative theory of rhythmic consciousness.”

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has…
“just been talking about. I haven't abandoned something radical earlier or anything like that. Have you seen remarkably bright creatures? No, I've read some of the book and I've been enjoying it, but I haven't seen the film yet. People love it, it seems. Yeah, well, I'm a film buff. I used to”