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Alexandra Horowitz
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Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz teaches psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University. Before her scientific career, Horowitz worked as a lexicographer at Merrian-Webster and served on the staff of The New Yorker. She and her husband live in New York City with Finnegan, a dog of indeterminate parentage and determinate character.

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Huffington Post, December 7, 2009
...the "Happy Holidays" table, with its quirky array of titles--Cornell West's new memoir, Ken Auletta's Googled, Alexandra Horowitz's Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, a biography of Thelonious Monk--authors and subjects with seemingly...
Fast Company, November 30, 2009
...the 'Happy Holidays' table, with its quirky array of titles--Cornell West's new memoir, Ken Auletta's Googled, Alexandra Horowitz's Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, a biography of Thelonious Monk--authors and subjects with seemingly...
NPR, November 26, 2009
...Where a typical dog lover sees puppies at play, cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz sees a complex dance between canines. Horowitz clears up common misconceptions about our four-legged friends in her book, Inside Of A Dog. Excerpt: 'Inside Of A Dog'...
Washington Post, October 31, 2009
...and geography and their impact. INSIDE OF A DOG: WHAT DOGS SEE, SMELL AND KNOW (Scribner, $27). By Alexandra Horowitz Turning "It's a dog's world" on its head. KNOCKOUT: INTERVIEWS WITH DOCTORS WHO ARE CURING CANCER . . . (Crown, $25.99) By Suzanne...
Psychology Today, October 29, 2009
...come up with explanations that are simpler and more parsimonious. In her terrific book, Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz says that in order to truly understand dogs, we need to put 'our umwelt caps on,' meaning we should try to see things from the...
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2009
...individual character, whose addition to their family is much more striking for not having been an easy one. Alexandra Horowitz is the author of 'Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know,' published last month by Scribner. E-mail her at...
Lake Wylie Pilot, September 30, 2009
...while serving as a reminder and guidebook for the roles men assume.'Inside of a Dog' by Alexandra Horowitz (Scribner, $27, 368 pages): The cognitive scientist gets down to eye level with man's best friend and tells us what it's like being a...
Genetic Engineering News, June 11, 2009
...setting up conditions where the owner was misinformed as to whether their dog had really committed an offense, Alexandra Horowitz, Assistant Professor from Barnard College in New York, uncovered the origins of the 'guilty look' in dogs in the recently...
BeachBrights, December 30, 2009
...Atrocities by Amy Stewart 4. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz 5. Sock Innovation: Knitting Techniques & Patterns for One-of-a-Kind Socks Cookie A. 6. The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round...
Red Letter Day, November 3, 2009
...separate me from my money, but once I sat down and read them, well... Inside of a Dog Alexandra Horowitz A love dog books, especially ones which promise to be scientifically valid but also recognize that we love dogs because they are our pets. This book...
Southern Rockies Nature Blog, October 22, 2009
...with Our Dogs . Think of it as ethnography. And for a bonus, here is Shaffer's review of Alexandra Horowitz's Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know , which sounds more cynographic. Along with One Nation Under Dog , I have been reading John and...
DogBlog, September 22, 2009
...Canine researcher Brian Hare with Bruno Alexandra Horowitz’s “Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know” gives readers the latest research into what we know about dogs. For example, dogs are the only known...
BASIL & SPICE--LIVING GREEN!, September 14, 2009
...chew and throw things). Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (Scribner/ Sep 2009) by Alexandra Horowitz FirstLook Review: Happy Dog By Billy Rafferty and Jill Cahr Copyright © 2006-2009, Basil & Spice. All rights reserved. Post a Comment |...