Australia’s red-winged parrot feeding in fields in the Northern TerritoryRoland Seitre/naturepl.com
Living On EarthPeter Godfrey-Smith (William Collins (UK, out now); Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (US, 3 September))
IN 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith landed an unexpected bestseller with Other Minds: The octopus and the evolution of intelligent life. It was widely acclaimed for its insight into the consciousness of a relatively alien life form, lent colour and character by Godfrey-Smith’s regular encounters with cephalopods off the beaches of his Sydney home – which explains why he is often billed as the “scuba-diving philosopher”.
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