SENTIENT WHAT ANIMALS REVEAL ABOUT OUR SENSES
SENTIENT WHAT ANIMALS REVEAL ABOUT OUR SENSES
Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made me think differently about the world this year. - Financial Times Best Books of the YearThe peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls.The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear.The star-nosed moles miraculous nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds.In Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe - to understand what it means to be human. In it, we also meet the four-eyed spookfish and its dark vision, the vampire bat and its remarkable powers of touch, as well as the common octopus, the Goliath catfish and the duck-billed platypus. Each zoological marvel illustrates the surprising sensory powers that lie within us and enables us to engage with the world in ways we never knew possible.
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- Język
- PL
- Ilość stron
- 344
- Rodzaj okładki
- MIĘKKA
- Termin realizacji
- 72
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