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Kingdom of Play
- What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself
Engelsk
Bogcover for Kingdom of Play af David Toomey, 9781982154462
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Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781982154462
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1982154462
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Udg. Dato:
19 mar 2024
Størrelse i cm:
16,2 x 23,7 x 2,9
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
19 mar 2024
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Kingdom of Play

- What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself
Engelsk
Hardback 2024
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This “delightful…compelling” (Scientific American) and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play “will fill you with joy and wonder” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus).

Acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, we follow adventurous researchers as they design and conduct experiments seeking answers to new, intriguing questions: When did play first appear in animals? How does play develop the brain, and how did it evolve? Are the songs and aerial acrobatics of birds the beginning of avian culture? Is fairness in dog play the foundation of canine ethics? And does play direct and possibly accelerate evolution?

Monkeys belly flop, dolphins tail-walk, elephants mud-slide, crows dive-bomb, and octopuses bounce balls. These activities are various, but all are play, and as Toomey explains, animal play can be defined as a distinct behavior that is ongoing and open-ended, purposeless and provisional—rather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful.

A “lively, informative, and scientifically entertaining animal behavior study” (Kirkus Reviews) Kingdom of Play is an illuminating—and yes, playful—look at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom.





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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781982154462
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1982154462
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
19 mar 2024
Størrelse i cm:
16,2 x 23,7 x 2,9
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
19 mar 2024
Forfatter(e):
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