Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

Resumen del libro

How should we treat non-human animals? In this immensely powerful and influential book (now with a new introduction by Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari), the renowned moral philosopher Peter Singer addresses this simple question with trenchant, dispassionate reasoning. Accompanied by the disturbing evidence of factory farms and laboratories, his answers triggered the birth of the animal rights movement. 'An extraordinary book which has had extraordinary effects...

Widely known as the bible of the animal liberation movement' Independent on SundayIn the decades since this landmark classic first appeared, some public attitudes to animals may have changed but our continued abuse of animals in factory farms and as tools for research shows that the underlying ideas Singer exposes as ethically indefensible are still dominating the way we treat animals. As Yuval Harari's brilliantly argued introduction makes clear, this book is as relevant now as the day it was written.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Maria Konnikovax{0026}lt;/b (Moscú, 1984) se licenció en la Universidad de Harvard y se doctoró en psicología por la Universidad de Columbia. Actualmente es profesora asociada de la Escuela de Periodismo de la Universidad de Nueva York. Escribe habitualmente en x{0026}lt;i The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/i y ha colaborado en algunos de los medios de prensa escrita más importantes de Estados Unidos. Es autora de los libros x{0026}lt;i ¿Cómo pensar como Sherlock Holmes?x{0026}lt;/i (2013), x{0026}lt;i The Confidence Gamex{0026}lt;/i (2016) y x{0026}lt;i El gran farolx{0026}lt;/i (2020; Libros del Asteroide, 2021), que fue un fenómeno de ventas en su país. Mientras se documentaba para escribir x{0026}lt;i El gran farolx{0026}lt;/i , se convirtió en campeona internacional de póquer y ganó más de trescientos mil dólares en diversos torneos. x{0026}lt;/p