An Immense World (how Animal Senses Reveal The Hidden Realms Around Us)
By (author) Yong Ed
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By (author) Yong Ed
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Standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing, Ed Yong dazzles with a deeply considered exploration of the many modes of sensory perception that life has evolved to navigate the world, written with exhilarating freshness
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[A] wondrous, lustrous, captivating book: Ed Yong''s An Immense World... left me awed and stunned - and revolted by humanity''s destructive pride and planetary abuse
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Full of extraordinary discoveries... an encyclopaedic, rigorously researched journey... recasts the world in breath-taking, bewildering immensity
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A hymn to the wonders of evolution... fascinating
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Yong succeeds in bringing a sense of grandeur to life on every scale
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Not just a study of the myriad wonders of the natural world - though wondrous they are - but also a panoramic, complex portrait of the sensory capacities that underpin a multitude of life. ... In uncovering all this, Yong also shows why we should give more thought to our place in the world.
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An Immense World is an exploration of the ways in which our fellow creatures navigate, understand and interact with one another and their environment through senses. ... The result is so mind-boggling, it''s tempting to say ''forget looking in deep space for astonishment''. But let''s not do that. Let''s continue searching there while also paying better attention to the miracles right under our noses. Yong''s marvellous book shows us how.
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This book lifts the shroud on previously invisible dimensions of the world itself
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A magic well of surprising, enlightening discoveries about the sensory worlds of other species... A brilliant book, marvellous and mesmerizing
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A stunning achievement - steeped in science but suffused with magic
Biographical note:
Ed Yong''s first book, I Contain Multitudes, about the amazing partnerships between microbes and animals, was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize. It was a New York Times bestseller. He is a science writer on the staff of The Atlantic, where he won the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism for his coverage of th
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** WINNER OF THE 2023 ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE ** AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **
This is our world, as you''ve never seen it before.
''Immersive and mind-blowing'' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees
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 this world.
In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, welcoming us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. Showing us that in order to understand our world we don''t need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.
A NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, SPECTATOR, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
**Winner of 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction**
''Suffused with magic'' Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Song of the Cell
''A book that prompts awe at the world around us'' Sunday Times
Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023
Review quote:
Standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing, Ed Yong dazzles with a deeply considered exploration of the many modes of sensory perception that life has evolved to navigate the world, written with exhilarating freshness
Review quote:
[A] wondrous, lustrous, captivating book: Ed Yong''s An Immense World... left me awed and stunned - and revolted by humanity''s destructive pride and planetary abuse
Review quote:
Full of extraordinary discoveries... an encyclopaedic, rigorously researched journey... recasts the world in breath-taking, bewildering immensity
Review quote:
A hymn to the wonders of evolution... fascinating
Review quote:
Yong succeeds in bringing a sense of grandeur to life on every scale
Review quote:
Not just a study of the myriad wonders of the natural world - though wondrous they are - but also a panoramic, complex portrait of the sensory capacities that underpin a multitude of life. ... In uncovering all this, Yong also shows why we should give more thought to our place in the world.
Review quote:
An Immense World is an exploration of the ways in which our fellow creatures navigate, understand and interact with one another and their environment through senses. ... The result is so mind-boggling, it''s tempting to say ''forget looking in deep space for astonishment''. But let''s not do that. Let''s continue searching there while also paying better attention to the miracles right under our noses. Yong''s marvellous book shows us how.
Review quote:
This book lifts the shroud on previously invisible dimensions of the world itself
Review quote:
A magic well of surprising, enlightening discoveries about the sensory worlds of other species... A brilliant book, marvellous and mesmerizing
Review quote:
A stunning achievement - steeped in science but suffused with magic
Biographical note:
Ed Yong''s first book, I Contain Multitudes, about the amazing partnerships between microbes and animals, was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize. It was a New York Times bestseller. He is a science writer on the staff of The Atlantic, where he won the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism for his coverage of th
