A review by kb_208
Brain Wave by Poul Anderson

4.0

This was a really fun sci-fi story and concept. The Earth has passed out of a region of space that has been hindering our intelligence and now everyone, including animals experience a sudden dramatice increase in intelligence. We see the world from the experience of a young farmer who is having trouble, because everyone else has left the job and the animals are quite difficult now that they are super smart. A woman is not coping well and experiencing mental health issues with this new intelligence, so scientists have developed something to put intelligence back to normal, while other scientists have used their smarts to create a way to explore space and learn more.