Ed Yong

Gebundenes Buch

An Immense World (Young Readers Edition)

How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets

Illustrator: Mills, Rebecca

Beschreibung

"Did you know that there are turtles who can track the Earth's magnetic fields? That some fish use electricity to talk to each other? Or that giant squids evolved their enormous eyeballs to look out for whales? The world is so much BIGGER and more "immense" than we humans experience it. We can only see so many colors, we can only feel so many sensations, and there are some senses we can't access at all. Exploring the amazing ways animals perceive the world is an excellent way to help understand the world itself. And this young readers adaptation of the mega-bestseller AN IMMENSE WORLD is perfect for curious kids and their families. Sure to capture young readers' interest it is filled amazing animal facts and stunning full-color illustrations. Along the way are tons of amazing animal facts: Did you know that leopard pee smells like popcorn? That there is a special kind of shrimp whose punches are faster than a bullet? That it's important to take your dog for dedicated "smell walks?" Want to know the real reason zebras have stripes? (hint: it's not for camouflage)? Pick up this enthralling and enormously entertaining book to find out!"--Provided by publisher.

Autor

Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer who until recently was a staff writer at The Atlantic. His writing has also appeared in National Geographic, The New Yorker, Wired, The New York Times, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, and more. He talked about mind-controlling parasites at the TED2014 conference, and his talk has been viewed more than 1.4 million times. He is the winner of the Byron H. Waksman Award for Excellence in the Public Communication of Life Sciences, the Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award, a National Academies Keck Science Communication Award and awards from the Association of British Science Writers for Best Science Blog and Best Communication of Science in a Non-Science Context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Children's Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780593810897
• ISBN-10: 0593810899
• Artikelnr.: 71808377

Rezensionen

Standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing, Ed Yong dazzles with a deeply considered exploration of the many modes of sensory perception that life has evolved to navigate the world, written with exhilarating freshness Winner of 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction