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75563Kingdom of Playhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/kingdom-of-play/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/155897/35d97939-b3bf-4f1c-8335-7562b14b21ed.jpg?v=638441325682400000410410MXNSimon & Schuster AudioInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>This delightfulcompelling (<em>Scientific American)</em> and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play will fill you with joy and wonder (Sy Montgomery, author of <em>The Soul of an Octopus</em>).</strong></p><p>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 Australias Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaskas 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?</p><p>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 provisionalrather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful.</p><p>A lively, informative, and scientifically entertaining animal behavior study (<em>Kirkus</em> <em>Reviews</em>) <em>Kingdom of Play</em> is an illuminatingand yes, playfullook at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom.</p>...487Kingdom of Play410410https://www.gandhi.com.mx/kingdom-of-play/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/155897/35d97939-b3bf-4f1c-8335-7562b14b21ed.jpg?v=638441325682400000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249781797170411_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9781797170411_<p><strong>For readers of <em>Inside of a Dog</em> and <em>The Soul of an Octopus</em>, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how lifeat its most fundamental levelisplayful.</strong></p><p>In <em>Kingdom of Play</em>, critically 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 Australias Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaskas 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?</p><p>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 seen as a distinct behaviorone that is ongoing and open-ended, purposeless and provisionalrather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful.</p><p>A globe-spanning journey and a scientific detective story filled with lively animal anecdotes, <em>Kingdom of Play</em> is an illuminatingand yes, playfullook at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom.</p>...(*_*)9781797170411_<p><strong>This delightfulcompelling (<em>Scientific American)</em> and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play will fill you with joy and wonder (Sy Montgomery, author of <em>The Soul of an Octopus</em>).</strong></p><p>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 Australias Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari Desert to brown bears on Alaskas 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?</p><p>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 provisionalrather like natural selection. Through a close examination of both natural selection and play, Toomey argues that life itself is fundamentally playful.</p><p>A lively, informative, and scientifically entertaining animal behavior study (<em>Kirkus</em> <em>Reviews</em>) <em>Kingdom of Play</em> is an illuminatingand yes, playfullook at a little-known aspect of the animal kingdom.</p>...9781797170411_Simon & Schuster Audioaudiolibro_6b6f22e0-6665-3008-98c2-57f01c17988c_9781797170411;9781797170411_9781797170411David ToomeyInglésMéxico2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00Simon & Schuster Audio