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Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know and On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation. She teaches at Barnard College, where she runs the Dog Cognition Lab. She lives with her family, including two large, mostra'n més highly sniffy dogs, in New York City. mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Alexandra Horowitz speaks on a panel about animal emotions and human-animal relations with Frans de Wall and moderator Betsy Herrelko at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. Photo by Kimberly T. Powell/Library of Congress.By Library of Congress Life - 20190831KP0199.jpg, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82899211

Obres de Alexandra Horowitz

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A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Col·laborador — 234 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1956-04-05
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
New York, New York, USA
Educació
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, San Diego
Professions
professor
lexicographer
Organitzacions
Columbia University (Barnard College)
Agent
Kris Dahl
Caroline Eisenmann
Biografia breu
Alexandra Horowitz teaches psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University where she is a term assistant professor and continues to research dog behavior. She earned her B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in cognitive science at the University of California at San Diego, and has studied the cognition of humans, rhinosceroses, bonobos, and dogs.  Before her scientific career, Horowitz worked as a lexicographer at Merrian-Webster and served on the staff of The New Yorker. She lives in New York City with her husband, infant son, and Finnegan, a dog of indeterminate parentage and determinate character, and fond memories of dogs past.   She also likes to sketch her dogs.  [adapted from Inside of of Dog (2009)]

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Not the book I thought. The book I wanted was a field guide to becoming a better observer whilst walking, a summary of techniques to be more attentive and get more out of walks.

Instead of getting the book I actually wanted, I got a book comprised of essays detailing Horowitz’s walks with various experts. Two of said experts were her son, and her dog. It was an interesting read, but not what I hoped for, not what I wanted and ultimately not as helpful or intriguing as I’d expected.

I vastly prefer her Inside Of A Dog to On Looking both as an educational book, and as a reading experience.
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73pctGeek | Hi ha 33 ressenyes més | Mar 5, 2024 |
What a fascinating book. It delves into dogs and their noses and into the sense of smell for people and other animals. I believe that you will never look at a dog sniffing something the same after reading this book. There are facts in here about noses. They have so many more receptors than we do so they can smell so much more than we do but it also goes into the science of how we smell. The author actually starts working on testing her nose against her dogs and even improves her sense of smell. Just like anything, use it or lose it. I highly recommend this book for anyone that loves dogs and/or science.… (més)
 
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KyleneJones | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
“I smell gin on the man who sits next to me in 10C.
I smell the acrid, lingering piles of freshly turned, festering wood chips on the other side of the park.
I see two people with a dog; then a second later smell that dog’s poo, which must’ve recently been deposited in a trash bin.
I smell the art room at kindergarten before seeing it.
I smell every book I open.
I smell the clove antiseptic paste that screams dental office.”

And so these Is go for 66,6% of the book. I thought this one will be about dogs though. The only excerpt of notice on dogs is about a new idea on how they measure the time of their owner's arrival. Still not enough for a book review I wanted to write for a magazine. After all who'd want to read about a person trying to live her dog's olfactory life?… (més)
 
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Den85 | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
Dog cognition researcher Horowitz brings her expertise on canine development to bear in a personal way when her family adopts a puppy during what turns out to be the first year of the pandemic. Horowitz observes the litter's birth, then visits weekly until "Quid" is ready to join her family - two adults, one kid, two adult dogs, and a cat.
 
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JennyArch | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Dec 11, 2023 |

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Obres
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També de
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Membres
3,239
Popularitat
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Valoració
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Ressenyes
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ISBN
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Preferit
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