Sentient : what animals reveal about our senses / Jackie Higgins.
Sentient : what animals reveal about our senses / Jackie Higgins.
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Publisher
London : Picador, 2021.
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G 2021/1890
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Language
English
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Physical content
343 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The peacock mantis shrimp and our sense of colour -- The spookfish and our dark vision -- The great grey owl and our sense of hearing -- The star-nosed mole and our sense of touch -- The common vampire bat and our senses of pleasure and pain -- The goliath catfish and our sense of taste -- The blood...
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Publisher
London : Picador, 2021.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"Sentient 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. Through their eyes, ears, skins, tongues and noses, the furred, finned and feathered reveal how we sense and make sense of the world, as well as the untold scientific revolution stirring in the f...
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Sentient : what animals reveal about our senses / Jackie Higgins.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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©2021
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G 2021/1890
Record Identifier
74VKaLDzxDkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaLDzxDkA
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ISBN
1529030773
9781529030778
DDC
573.87
MMS ID
991024425917902626
