The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension—the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are dr...(展开全部)

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent...(展开全部)

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension—the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are dr...(展开全部)

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent...(展开全部)

蕾切尔·卡森(Rachel L.Carson，1907—1964)　美国著名自然文学作家，环境保护运动的先驱，被誉为“生态环保之母”。1929年毕业于宾夕法尼亚女子学院，1932年在霍普金斯大学获动物学硕士学位，1936年成为美国渔业管理局聘用的水生生物学家。1951年出版的《海洋传》(The Sea Around Us)39周蝉联《纽约时报》畅销排行第一。1962年出版的《寂静的春天》(Silent Spring)在社会上引起极大反响，推动了环境保护事业迅速发展。她的著作还有《在海风下》(Under the Sea-Wind)、《海洋的边缘》(The Edge of the Sea)等。

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays, and even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the fi...(展开全部)

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe: we spin fantasies, we devour novels, films, and plays, and even our sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the fi...(展开全部)

乔纳森·歌德夏 Jonathan Gottschall，华盛顿与杰斐逊学院英文系教授，专门研究科学和艺术的交汇以及相互作用。作品曾获《纽约时报》《自然》《科学美国》等媒体报道。麻省理工学院心理学家史蒂芬·平克曾形容歌德夏是“才华横溢的年轻学者”其写作“绝对清晰、睿智且令人兴奋不已。” 译者 许雅淑，台湾大学图书馆系、台湾清华大学社会学研究所毕业，现为清大社会学研究所博士生，终日与字为舞，为专职文字工作者同时也是一只狂爱阅读各种故事的动物。 译者 李宗义，台湾政治大学英语系、东亚研究所毕业，台湾清华大学社会学研究所博士，研究写作之余也热爱翻译，已有多本译作。

National Book Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller: Explore earth's most precious, mysterious resourcethe oceanwith the author of Silent Spring. With more than one million copies sold, Rachel Ca

杰 · 英格拉姆（Jay Ingram） ♢ 加拿大探索频道《每日星球》主持人、知名科普作家； ♢ 荣获加拿大总督功勋奖（Order of Canada），该奖项创立于加拿大建国 100 周年，纪念有卓越成就或对国家做出重大贡献的人，是加拿大公民的最高荣誉之一； ♢ 荣获加拿大皇家学会桑福德·弗莱明奖（Sandford Fleming Medal）； ♢ 荣获加拿大皇家社科院麦克尼尔科普奖（McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science）； ♢ 荣获加拿大科学与工程研究理事会迈克尔·史密斯科学促进奖（Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion）等。