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Sentient : How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses by Jackie Higgins (2022, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-101982156554

ISBN-139781982156558

eBay Product ID (ePID)2321464663

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Book TitleSentient : How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Animals / General, Life Sciences / Biology

Publication Year2022

GenreNature, Science

AuthorJackie Higgins

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"How would the First Encounter with an extraterrestrial alien change our view of ourselves? Great science fiction explores the question. But we don't need science fiction. The aliens are all around us - the octopus with its mysterious body-image, the electric scanner of the platypus's bill, the magnetic compass of a migrating bird, the moth antenna that can detect the scent of a female in quadrillion-fold dilution. Jackie Higgins's lyrical, literate style will charm you while her book stuns your imagination with strange, other-worldly truths." --Richard Dawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Show on Earth

SynopsisPerfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds , this remarkable book explores how we process the world around us by analyzing the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals and reveals that we are not limited to merely five senses. There is a scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception. Research has shown that the extraordinary sensory powers of our animal friends can help us better understand the same powers that lie dormant within us. From the harlequin mantis shrimp with its ability to see a vast range of colors, to the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of scent receptors; from the orb-weaving spider whose eyes recognize not only space but time, to the cheetah whose ears are responsible for its perfect agility, these astonishing animals hold the key to better understanding how we make sense of the world around us. Eye-opening and captivating, Sentient will change the way you think about what it is to be human., Perfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds , this " masterpiece of science and nature writing" ( The Washington Post) explores how we process the world around us through the lens of the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals, revealing that we are not limited to merely five senses. There is a scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception. Research has shown that the extraordinary sensory powers of our animal friends can help us better understand the same powers that lie dormant within us. From the harlequin mantis shrimp with its ability to see a vast range of colors, to the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of scent receptors; from the orb-weaving spider whose eyes recognize not only space but time, to the cheetah whose ears are responsible for its perfect agility, these astonishing animals hold the key to better understanding how we make sense of the world around us. "An appealingly written, enlightening, and sometimes eerie journey into the extraordinary possibilities for the human senses" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred), Sentient will change the way you look at humanity.