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Sentient - What Animals Reveal About Human Senses (Paperback) Loot Price: R317
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Sentient - What Animals Reveal About Human Senses (Paperback): Jackie Higgins

Sentient - What Animals Reveal About Human Senses (Paperback)

Jackie Higgins

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'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made me think differently about the world this year.' - Financial Times Best Books of the Year The 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 mole's 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. 'Lyrical and lucid . . . Higgins makes popular science accessible.' - Observer

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Imprint: Picador
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2022
Authors: Jackie Higgins
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-1-5290-3081-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General
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LSN: 1-5290-3081-1
Barcode: 9781529030815

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Fascinating!

Sun, 9 Mar 2025 | Review by: Tanya K.

Higgins uses the definition of sentience to describes our ability to sense the world around us. So, this isn't a philosophical text on being human, but rather a broad survey that examines the science, psychology and neurology behind our (and other creature's) ability to perceive the the environment. "Sentient" is a nicely-written, interesting and approachable comparison of twelve "senses" that humans and a variety of animals share, and what we can learn about human senses from those animals. The senses examined in this book are: colour, dark vision, hearing, touch, pleasure and pain, taste, smell, desire (pheromones), balance, time, direction, and body. A fascinating subject and nice overview of some of the research going on in this field.

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