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Animals in Translation: The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow

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Description for Animals in Translation: The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow Paperback. A groundbreaking book from one of the world's most celebrated animal scientists that will revolutionise our understanding of how animals think and feel Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFJD; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
"Animals in Translation" is the culmination of Temple Grandin's extraordinary life's work, drawing upon the latest research, her distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experience of being autistic. With co-author Catherine Johnson, Grandin argues that while 'normal people' convert experience into words and abstractions, animals and autistics process the world as sensory information - specific pictures, sights and sounds. This difference is the key to understanding how animals see, think and feel. As much a revelation about life with autism as it is about life with animals, "Animals in Translation" explores pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747566694
SKU
9780747566694
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is an associate professor of animal science at Colorado State University. She was the subject of the famous New Yorker profile by Oliver Sacks, 'An Anthropologist on Mars'.

Reviews for Animals in Translation: The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow
'This magisterial book on animal behaviour is unique and, for me, is gripping reading ... fascinating ... Grandin is the modern day Doctor Dolittle who does not have any mystical telepathy with animals - she is simply an extremely experienced, sharp observer and careful scientist who has isolated the principles that govern animal behaviour. We owe her a huge debt ... Read more

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