Brian Hare is an associate professor in the Department of
Evolutionary Anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
at Duke University, where he founded the Duke Canine Cognition
Center.
Vanessa Woods is a research scientist at the Center as well
as an award-winning journalist and the author of Bonobo Handshake.
Hare and Woods are married and live in North Carolina.
“Many authors have tried to anecdotally capture the emotional bond
between humans and dogs. Here at last is a book that digs deep into
cognitive science to unravel the mysteries of the canine brain.
Thoroughly researched and written in the likable voice of a brainy
scientist sitting at your kitchen table, The Genius of Dogs is a
fascinating look at what goes on between the ears of the animals we
share our lives with. I found it entertaining, fast-moving, and
filled with gee-whiz insights that gave me a new appreciation for
the complex social intelligence of man’s best friend.”
—John Grogan, author of Marley & Me and The Longest Trip Home
“The Genius of Dogs is a fantastic book. It makes it very clear
that there are different kinds of intelligence. All dog lovers
should read this book.”
—Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human and Animals in
Translation
“The definitive dog book of our time by the researcher who started
a revolution.”
—Daniel J. Levitin, author of This is Your Brain on Music and The
World in Six Songs
“A masterful account of the way science is revealing just how smart
dogs can be. Fascinating and highly readable.”
—John Bradshaw, University of Bristol, author of Dog Sense
“With the help of some wolves, Russian foxes, New Guinea singing
dogs and a Labrador Retriever named Oreo, Brian Hare tells us about
his fascinating search for an understanding of how dogs think and
communicate.”
—Stanley Coren, author of Do Dogs Dream and Born to Bark
“Based on Brian Hare’s game-changing research, The Genius of Dogs
brilliantly explains the canine mind and in doing so illuminates
the natural history of all intelligence. This book will captivate
anyone interested in dog, ape or human mentality.”
—Richard Wrangham, Harvard University, author of Catching Fire
“This is the best book in existence, by far, for learning about the
recent revolution in our understanding of the minds of dogs. And
its fun, too.”
—Mike Tomasello, Co-Director, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology
“The Genius of Dogs is not just about dogs, and not just about
genius. It’s an exciting detective story by two comparative
biologists with amazing discoveries to report.”
—Bernd Heinrich, author of Mind of the Raven
“A fascinating, riveting, utterly engaging romp through the mind of
man's best friend. I promise: You will never look at your dog the
same way again.”
—Maria Goodavage, author of Soldier Dogs
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