Jackie Higgins

Broschiertes Buch

Sentient

What Animals Reveal About Human Senses

Beschreibung

An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.

Autor

Jackie Higgins grew up by the sea in Cornwall and has always been fascinated by the natural world. She is a television documentary director and writer, who read zoology at Oxford University, as a student of Richard Dawkins. She made wildlife films for a decade, for BBC as well as for Channel 4, National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. She then joined the BBC's science department, researching and writing, directing and producing programmes such as Tomorrow's World and Horizon. She lives in London with her family and she is the author of Sentient.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Picador
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 85308
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 124mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 255g
• ISBN-13: 9781529030815
• ISBN-10: 1529030811
• Artikelnr.: 62303705

Rezensionen

The first rule of popular science is to reveal the wonder and mystery of the world. For that reason, Sentient, written by photographer and wildlife film-maker Jackie Higgins, is my personal pick of the year Simon Ings New Scientist Best Books of the Year