Description
Product ID: | 9781529112115 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | An Immense World |
Subtitle: | How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER) |
Authors: | Author: Ed Yong |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Zoology and animal sciences, Animal physiology, Biodiversity, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biodiversity, Natural history |
Description: | Select Guide Rating **Winner of the 2023 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize**Discover the world as you've never seen it before - through the eyes of animals. 'Immersive and mind-blowing' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesThe 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 TimesSunday Times bestseller, July 2023 **Winner of the 2023 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize** |
Imprint Name: | Vintage |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-06-29 |