A celebration of dogs, the scientists who\'ve lived alongside them, and how canines have been key to advancements in Science for the betterment of all species.
with the help of vets, ethologists, neurologists, historians and, naturally, his own dogs, Wonderdog reveals the study of Dogs to be key in the advancement of compassion in scientific research, and crucial to making life on Earth better for all species..
Since then, leagues of psychologists and animal behaviourists have built upon the study of Dogs and Their much-improved methods have fetched increasingly important results: Dogs have episodic memory similar to ours; they recognise themselves as individuals; and, in addition to Their expert sense of smell, dogs\' noses can even detect thermal radiation.
Later, the same questions drove Pavlov and Pasteur to unspeakable cruelty in Their search for knowledge.
Charles Darwin and his contemporaries toyed with dog sign language and made special puzzle boxes and elaborate sniff tests using old socks.
In order to gauge where our relationship with Dogs goes from here, author and zoologist Jules Howard takes a look at the historical paths we have trod together, and at the many scientists before him who turned Their analytic eye on Their own four-legged companions.
And with domestic dog population rising twenty per cent in the last decade alone, it is a bond that will continue to evolve.
But what do Dogs know and understand of the world? Do Their emotions feel like our own? Do they love like we do? What do they think of us? Since our alliance first began on the hunt and on the farm, our relationship with Dogs has evolved considerably.
Almost everywhere there are Humans on planet Earth, there are Dogs .
A celebration of dogs, the scientists who\'ve lived alongside them, and how canines have been key to advancements in Science for the betterment of all species
