The zoologist's guide to the galaxy : what animals on earth reveal about aliens--and ourselves / Arik Kershenbaum.
Kershenbaum, Arik, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2021
QB54 .K47 2021
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Title The zoologist's guide to the galaxy : what animals on earth reveal about aliens--and ourselves / Arik Kershenbaum.
Author Kershenbaum, Arik, author.
ISBN 9781984881977 (electronic book)
1984881973 (electronic book)
9781984881960
1984881965
9780241986844
0241986842
Published New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
Copyright ©2020
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number QB54 .K47 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 576.8/39
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2021).
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
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Introduction
Form vs function: what is common across worlds?
What are animals and what are aliens?
Movement - scuttling and gliding across space
Communication channels
Intelligence (whatever that is)
Sociality - cooperation, competition and teatime
Information - a very ancient commodity
Language - the unique skill
Artificial intelligence - a universe full of bots?
Humanity, as we know it
Epilogue.

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