Publisher: Random house
Copyright: 2022
ISBN: 9780593133231
An immense world is a fascinating book that examines the world of senses. Most people consider the fact that they have five senses smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch. However this is an old concept (essentially what they have been taught in grade school, and that has persisted into adulthood) and we now know that there are many more senses that need to be considered.
Mr. Yong has broken his book down into eleven chapters, that deal with smells and taste, light, colour, pain, heat, contact and flow, surface vibrations, Sound, echoes (as an echo-location), electric fields, and magnetic fields. All of which are studied in laboratories around the world to hopefully better understand how animals and humans perceive their world.
The book goes into an amazing amount of detail, but is extremely easy to read and I'm sure it will be a book that will be referred to for many years to come.
This is a book that should be in every classroom, and school library.
Highly recommended.
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