"Step out into the unknown with this absolutely stunning foray into our world through the senses of animals."
Just a little bit mind-blowing, this immensely fascinating and satisfying book kicks known thoughts out into free-fall. Award-winning science writer Ed Yong's first book I Contain Multitudes was shortlisted for The Wellcome Book Prize and Royal Society Science Book Prize. In An Immense World his writing connected me to the unknown. While I love nature and often seek it out, I’ve never really thought beyond my own senses and viewpoint. Here he takes you into the senses of other animals and lets you use them. It’s completely wonderful, and eye-opening (you will also note how often we use words connected to our main senses). He encourages you to think beyond now, to what the future could be. We have to look beyond ourselves to appreciate the damage we are sometimes unwittingly causing to ecosystems. Conservationists are able to make huge changes by seeing the world as though they are the animal rather than from a human viewpoint. As Ed Yong states, how do we solve a problem that we don’t realise exists, sensory pollution can be reduced but societal responsibility needs to be motivated enough to make the changes. He shows us that we have the gift to be able to appreciate the differences in animal senses and how it affects everything on our planet. Chosen as a Liz Pick of the Month An Immense World is eloquent, engaging, rewarding, and a hugely important read.
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Enter a new dimension - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving only a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.
We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth's magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile's scaly face is as sensitive as a lover's fingertips, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision.
We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved.
Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the threads of scent, waves of electromagnetism and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.
An Immense World features in the following genres: Nature and the natural world: general interest, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Gift Books, Popular Science, Ethology and animal behaviour, Biodiversity, Animals and society, Zoology and animal sciences, Applied ecology, Climate change, Endangered species and extinction of species, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Conservation of the environment, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Biology, life sciences, The environment, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Pollution and threats to the environment, Non-Fiction Books of the Month
An Immense World is available in Paperback, Hardback
An Immense World was written by Ed Yong and published by Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing
An Immense World has 464 pages
£11.69
