An immense world : how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us
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Published
New York : Random House, [2022].
Physical Desc
x, 449 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Bandon Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 591.5 YONG | Available | |
Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 591.5 YON, Immense 2022 | Available | |
Coquille Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 591.5 YONG | Available | |
Curry Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 591.5 YON | Available | |
Lakeside Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction | 591.5 YONG | Checked Out | May 13, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Random House, [2022].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-429) and index.
Description
"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 but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic fields, and brainless jellyfish that nonetheless have complex eyes. 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, and that even fingernail-sized spiders can make out the craters of the moon. We meet people with unusual senses, from women who can make out extra colors to blind individuals who can navigate using reflected echoes like bats. Yong tells the stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, and also looks ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Yong, E. (2022). An immense world: how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yong, Ed. 2022. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yong, Ed. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Random House, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Yong, Ed. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Random House, 2022.
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