"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.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A "thrilling" (The New York Times), "dazzling" (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong
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But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world.In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. 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 even humans who wield sonar like bats.
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
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An Immense World was written by Ed Yong and published by Random House an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
An Immense World has 464 pages
