Sensational: A New Story of our Senses | 誠品線上

Sensational: A New Story of our Senses

內容簡介

內容簡介 Our senses are how we navigate the world: they help us recognise the expressions on a loved one's face, know whether fruit is ripe by its smell, or even sense a storm approaching through a sudden drop in air pressure. It's now believed that we may have as many as fifty-three senses - and we're just beginning to expand our knowledge of this incredibly extensive palette.Sensational is a mind-bending look at how our brains shape our experience of the world, marshalling the latest discoveries in science to explore the dazzling eyesight of the mantis shrimp, the rich inner lives of krill, and the baffling link between geomagnetic fields and canine bowel movements. Blending biology and neuroscience, Ward reveals that understanding our senses may hold the key to understanding the origins of human behaviour - from why we kiss to our varied music tastes.

各界推薦

各界推薦 [An] infectiously enthusiastic survey of the human senses ... underneath the entertainment this is a serious and thoughtful book -- James McConnachie ― Sunday TimesA rollercoaster combination of science, cultural history, rumour and schoolboy humour ― GuardianCombining biological science with history, culture, sociology and personal reflections, this is a wide-ranging and highly engaging read ― ObserverEnlightening and digestible ... Sensational is not only a rich mine of information, it teaches tolerance and understanding ... Listening to his book is a delight ― The TimesWard has conjured up a thrilling - and revolting - world of sensory overload in the style of a goofy lecture. Both learned and irreverent, he can be existentially disturbing and extremely funny in the same paragraph - a talent that could make this a future classic of popular science ― Mail on SundayA dazzling account of how we use sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell to navigate the world ― Financial Times

作者介紹

作者介紹 Ashley WardBorn and bred in Yorkshire, Ashley Ward is a professor in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sydney, the culmination of a career spent studying the behaviour of animals from tiny Antarctic krill to mammals, including humans. He has published over 100 scientific journal articles and a highly cited academic book.

商品規格

最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : 不只有五感：融合腦神經與生物學，人類感官的極限超乎想像