📖 peek insideAn Immense World
by Ed Yong
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Yong takes readers on a sensory journey beyond the limits of human perception. He explores the 'Umwelt'-the unique sensory bubble that every animal inhabits-revealing how creatures perceive light, sound, vibration, and magnetic fields in ways we can barely imagine. From the sonar of bats to the electric fields of fish, Yong's vivid storytelling illuminates the hidden wonders of the animal kingdom. This book is a profound exploration of the diversity of life and the complexity of the natural world.
A well-known book with a dedicated readership.
Notable Quotes
"It tells us that all is not as it seems and that everything we experience is but a filtered version of everything that we could experience."
"The majesty of nature is not restricted to canyons and mountains. It can be found in the wilds of perception--the sensory spaces that lie outside our Umwelt and within those of other animals. To perceive the world through other senses is to find splendor in familiarity and the sacred in the mundane. Wonders exist in a backyard garden, where bees take the measure of a flower’s electric fields, leafhoppers send vibrational melodies through the stems of plants, and birds behold the hidden palates of rurples and grurples...Wilderness is not distant. We are continually immersed in it. It is there for us to imagine, to savor and to protect."
"A scientist's data are influenced by the questions she asks, which are steered by her imagination, which is delimited by her senses. The boundaries of our own Umwelt corral our ability to understand the Umwelten of others."
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