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Being a dogAlexandra Horowitz

Being a dog

2016323 pages
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Alexandra Horowitz, author of the bestseller Inside of a Dog, explores what dogs know in even greater depth, following their lead to learn about the dog's spectacular nose and how we mere humans can improve our underused sense of smell. Here Horowitz, a leading researcher in dog cognition, continues to unpack the mystery of a dog's nose-view, in order to more fully understand our companions. She follows the dog's nose--exploring not only its abilities but the incredible ways it is being put to use. Because human noses are so inconsiderable in comparison--we have but six million olfactory…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Scribner · 336 pages · 9781476796024
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    Simon & Schuster · 336 pages · 9781501154621
  • Other · English · 2017
    467 pages · 9781410495648
  • Other · English · 2016
    Simon & Schuster Ltd · 9781471159923
  • Other · English · 2016
    Simon & Schuster, Limited · 9781471159930
  • Other · English · 2016
    Scribner · 336 pages · 9781476796048
Sense organsPerception in animalsPsychologySmellDogsNoseNew York Times bestsellerDogs, psychology