Inside of a Dog

Part Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, part Stephen Pinker--Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist with a background at The New Yorker, explains what dogs think and know in this fascinating, scientifically rigorous book with a literary flair.

Alexandra Horowitz is a term assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College. She has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and has studied the cognition of humans, rhinoceroses, bonobos, and dogs. She has researched dogs professionally for eight years. Before her scientific career, she worked as a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster and was on the staff at The New Yorker. She currently lives in New York City with Finnegan, a dog of indeterminate parentage and determinate character, and the fond memories of dogs past.