For those that gravitate towards the science in science fiction, this book will make you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about intelligence and sentience. This riveting debut is a first contact story, an eco-thriller, and a philosophical mediation on the nature of consciousness and what humankind will leave behind as its legacy. Keep reading to hear from Ray Nayler about the intelligence of the octopus species and how it inspired him to write this story.
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Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
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ISBN-13: | 9780374601119 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 06/21/2022 |
Pages: | 384 |
Sales rank: | 676,480 |
Product dimensions: | 5.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d) |
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