An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong

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Yong introduces the concept of the Umwelt -- each organism's unique sensory bubble -- to reveal how animals perceive the world through senses humans can barely imagine. From electric fields sensed by fish to the magnetic maps of sea turtles, the book redefines our understanding of perception and consciousness.

Published:: 2022
Pages:: 464

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In this collection, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us references 4 other books.

It draws on Other Minds, The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.

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Extends Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness beyond octopuses to the entire sensory world of diverse animal species

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Other Minds

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Expands on Dawkins' evolutionary biology by showing how natural selection sculpted radically different sensory systems across the animal kingdom

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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Builds on Dawkins' explanations of evolutionary adaptation to reveal the astonishing sensory capabilities that evolved through natural selection

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The Blind Watchmaker

by Richard Dawkins

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Complements Sapolsky's behavioural neuroscience by exploring how animal nervous systems process sensory information in ways fundamentally different from humans

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Behave

by Robert Sapolsky

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