《An Immense World》[Ed Yong][azw3][5分]《五感之外的世界》英文版

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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, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that 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 which lie unsolved.

In An Immense World, author and acclaimed science journalist 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. Because in order to understand our world we don’t need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.

作者: Ed Yong
出版社: Random House
副标题: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
出版年: 2022-7
页数: 464
定价: USD 30.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780593133231

《五感之外的世界》中文繁体版简介：

生物利用感官形塑周围环境，却也不可避免地封闭在各自的感官泡泡中。人类过去曾因此认为世界就是我们所见的样子：七彩的虹、反复的鸟鸣、海浪的波动等。但事实上，动物觉知到的可能与人类相当不同，例如狗的视觉比人类黯淡、蝙蝠听得见超音波、蜜蜂能在向日葵上看见靶心图案??，我们也能透过麦克风听见叶蝉唱歌，或者在脑中想象鳄鱼敏感的皮肤，就像在表皮上长满指尖。

了解动物的感官，能带我们看见世界更多元真实的样貌，而更懂得尊重、谦卑地看待大自然。当我们知道蓝鲸会用低频率的次音波长距离沟通，可让人类意识到海洋上普遍使用的声纳系统会影响到牠们的生存；又或者人造光源的光害会使得黑暗消失，威胁到野生动物的感官。对于逐渐消失中的安静和黑暗，人类需要有更多同理和理解，才能与生态更和谐共处。

本书将带你走入令人眼花撩乱的动物感官世界，从我们也很熟悉的五感，到回声系统、磁觉、电觉等较陌生的感觉，拓展你的眼耳鼻口，甚至手指，也会探讨那些正悄悄消失的感觉景观。现在就带上你的好奇心，一起体验五感之外的世界吧！

作者: Ed Yong
出版社: 脸谱
副标题: 認識動物神奇的感知系統，探見人類感官無法觸及的大自然
原作名: An Immense World
译者: 孟令函
出版年: 2023-8-5
页数: 520
装帧: 平装
ISBN: 9786263152922

五感之外的世界：认识动物神奇的感知系统，探见人类感官无法触及的大自然
五感之外的世界：認識動物神奇的感知系統，探見人類感官無法觸及的大自然