Download or read book An Immense World written by Ed Yong and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 “One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction.”—Oprah Daily ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. 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. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, 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 that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON AWARD

Download or read book Animal Senses written by Pamela Hickman and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stunning illustrations combined with fascinating facts reveal the ways animals sense their environment. Easy experiments show kids how to compare animal senses to their own" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.

Download or read book The Truth about Animal Senses written by Bernard Stonehouse and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secrets and myths about animal senses. From the simplest amoeba to the brightest ape, learn the simple truths about how animals operate.

Download or read book The Truth about Animal Intelligence written by Bernard Stonehouse and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secrets and myths about animal intelligence. Are animals just as smart as humans? How do they learn? What are their instincts? Do they have feelings?

Download or read book Secret Worlds written by Martin Stevens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Stevens explores the extraordinary variety of senses in the animal kingdom, and discusses the cutting-edge science that is shedding light on these secret worlds. Our senses of vision, smell, taste, hearing, and touch are essential for us to respond to threats, communicate and interact with the world around us. This is true for all animals - their sensory systems are key to survival, and without them animals would be completely helpless. However, the sensory systems of other animals work very differently from ours. For example, many animals from spiders to birds can detect and respond to ultraviolet light, to which we are blind. Other animals, including many insects, rodents, and bats can hear high-frequency ultrasonic sounds well beyond our own hearing range. Many other species have sensory systems that we lack completely, such as the magnetic sense of birds, turtles, and other animals, or the electric sense of many fish. These differences in sensory ability have a major bearing on the ways that animals behave and live in different environments, and also affect their evolution and ecology. In this book, Martin Stevens explores the remarkable sensory systems that exist in nature, and what they are used for. Discussing how different animal senses work, he also considers how they evolve, how they are shaped by the environment in which an animal lives, and the pioneering science that has uncovered how animals use their senses. Throughout, he celebrates the remarkable diversity of life, and shows how the study of sensory systems has shed light on some of the most important issues in animal behaviour, physiology, and evolution.

Download or read book When Elephants Listen with Their Feet written by Emmanuelle Grundmann and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the wild and wonderful world of animals who use senses including and beyond our familiar five. A dynamic, browsable work of children's nonfiction that "thoughtfully and exuberantly excites wonder in its readers" (Kirkus Reviews)

Download or read book Sentient written by Jackie Higgins and published by Picador. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.

Download or read book Animal Senses ePub 3 written by Shelly C. Buchanan and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals have senses just like we do, but their senses work much differently than ours. Birds eyes don’t move at all and some insects use their feet to smell things! Find out about the unique ways in which animals use their senses in this fact-filled e-book! High-interest text paired with colorful images and graphics fill the pages of this e-book to engage students from cover to cover. Encourage students to apply what they’ve learned in the text by completing the “Think Like a Scientist” activity, that supports STEM instruction, included at the end of the e-book. A helpful glossary, table of contents, and index are also included for additional support.

Download or read book Animal Senses written by Jodie Mangor and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine being able to taste or hear with your feet, or feel your way through the dark with your nose! Like humans, animals interact with the world through their senses. Unlike humans, many animals use their senses in truly unique ways to communicate, reproduce, and survive.

Download or read book Amazing Animal Senses written by John Townsend and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Amazing Animal Senses readers learn about some animals' super sensing skills! Simple, leveled text accompanies vivid images and engaging design to make these books a popular choice.

Download or read book Making Sense written by Bruce Brooks and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 1993 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses animals' six senses--seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and feeling--and how they use them to perceive and react to the world around them.

Download or read book Animal Sense written by Diane Ackerman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stapler with its tiny fangs Cannot outwit orangutangs. Rocks are very good at sitting, but never walk or take up knitting. Living things all feel and sense their way through every happenstance. . . . In this delightfully witty collection of poems, bestselling author Diane Ackerman shows how the senses shape and enrich the experiences of all living beings. With enchanting illustrations by Peter Sís, Animal Sense is sure to capture the imagination of readers young and old.

Download or read book Animal Senses written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amazing Animal Senses written by Caroline Hutchinson and published by Newmark Learning. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals can see, hear, touch, taste, and smell things too. Some animals can do these things much better than you!

Download or read book Animal senses written by Robert Wellesley Burton and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Animal Senses Guided Reading 6 Pack written by and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals have senses just like we do, but their senses work much differently than ours. Birds eyes don't move at all and some insects use their feet to smell things! Find out about the unique ways in which animals use their senses in this fact-filled book! High-interest text paired with colorful images and graphics fill the pages of this book to engage students from cover to cover. Encourage students to apply what they've learned in the text by completing the "Think Like a Scientist" activity, that supports STEM instruction, included at the end of the book. A helpful glossary, table of contents, and index are also included for additional support. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level Q title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Download or read book Animal Senses written by Janine Scott and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes how various creatures use their different senses.