Ed Yong

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. 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 drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved. In An Immense World, author and acclaimed science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

An Immense World

A grand tour through the hidden world of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world--from a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 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 drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic fields, and brainless jellyfish that nonetheless have complex eyes. We discover that a crocodile's scaly face is as sensitive as a lover's fingertips, that the planet's biggest eyes evolved to see sparkling whales, and that even fingernail-sized spiders can make out the craters of the moon. We meet people with unusual senses, from women who can make out extra colours to blind individuals who can navigate using reflected echoes like bats. Yong tells the stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, and also looks ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved. In An Immense World, author and famed science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to begin to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world, we have not to travel to other places, but to see through other eyes.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It’s an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth. In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems. You'll never think about your mind, body or preferences in the same way again. 'Super-interesting... He just keeps imparting one surprising, fascinating insight after the next. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates

The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

I Contain Multitudes

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 previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth's magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile's scaly face is as sensitive as a lover's fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved. In An Immense World, author and acclaimed science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.

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Mikrobiyota

Enter a new dimension—the world as it is truly perceived by other animals—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes.

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, author and Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. 

Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.”

El cuerpo humano alberga billones de microbios que conforman todo un mundo en simbiosis con su entorno. Estos microscaopicos y multitudinarios compaaneros vitales no solo moldean nuestros aorganos, nos protegen de enfermedades, e influyen en nuestro comportamiento, sino que resultan clave a la hora de entender el funcionamiento de la vida. En "Yo contengo multitudes" Ed Yong nos abre los ojos y nos invita con su erudiciaon y sentido del humor a mirarnos como algo maas que individuos: como receptaaculos interdependientes de losmicrobiomasque conforman todos los seres vivos. Asai, descubriremos la asombrosa e invisible ciencia detraas de los gigantescos arrecifes que construyen los corales, aprenderemos caomo ciertos calamares crean juegos de luces, y veremos el modo en que las bacterias pueden alterar nuestra respuesta en la lucha contra el caancer, manipular nuestro sistema inmunolaogico, influir en nuestra evoluciaon e incluso modificar nuestro genoma. Considerado una obra fundamental de ciencia divulgativa - como lo fue en su momento "El gen egoaista" - este libro fascinante y rompedor que cambiaraa de mil millones de micromaneras nuestra percepciaon del mundo natural y el espacio que en ael ocupamos.

los Microbios Que Nos Habitan y una Mayor Visión de la Vida

Yo Contengo Multitudes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong “One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction.”—Oprah Daily ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal 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, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON AWARD

Jaime Green

New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020 and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic. From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate, dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history with lucidity and elegance. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2021 INCLUDES - SUSAN ORLEAN - EMILY RABOTEAU - ZEYNEP TUFEKCI - HELEN OUYANG - HEATHER HOGAN BROOKE JARVIS - SARAH ZHANG and others

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021

Unser Körper ist eine ganze Welt: Billionen Mikroorganismen bevölkern ihn. Sie gestalten unsere Organe mit, schützen uns vor Krankheiten, steuern unser Verhalten und bombardieren uns mit ihren Genen. Diese winzigen Gefährten verfügen über den Schlüssel zum Verständnis für das gesamte Leben auf der Erde, wie es begann, wie es sich fortentwickelte. Ed Yong öffnet uns die Augen für diese unsichtbare Welt. Er erzählt von den erstaunlichen Symbiosen, die Korallen dazu bewegen, mächtige Riffe zu bauen, oder es Zwergtintenfischen ermöglichen, ihre eigenen Umrisse mit einem diffusen Licht zu tarnen, um sich vor Jägern zu schützen. Wir erfahren, wie Mikroben Viren in Schach halten, Einfluss auf unsere Emotionen und unser Wesen nehmen und sogar unsere genetische Veranlagung verändern können. Wir lernen die Wissenschaftler kennen, die mit ansteckender Begeisterung diese winzigen Begleiter erforschen – sehr zu unserem Nutzen. Mit überraschendem Witz, großer Kenntnis und Anschaulichkeit lässt Ed Yong auf dieser Entdeckungsreise in den Kosmos der Mikrobiologie das Unsichtbare und Winzige sichtbar und groß werden.

Wie Mikroben uns eine umfassende Ansicht vom Leben vermitteln

Winzige Gefährten

In this collection of essays from the blog Not Exactly Rocket Science, award-winning writer Ed Yong takes a look at some of the quirkiest, most interesting and most ground-breaking scientific research from the last year. From Mexican-waving bees to snow-making bacteria, from the neuroscience of jazz to the psychology of voting, the clear, vivid and engaging writing makes the most complicated ideas come alive for any sci-curious reader."Few blogs make a smooth transition from computer to paper. Not Exactly Rocket Science is one of them. Ed Yong writes elegantly yet engagingly about all manner of biology, from yawning dogs to viruses of viruses. Turn off the laptop for a while, and crack open this book. You will be pleased you did."- Carl Zimmer, blogger at the Loom and author of Microcosm and Parasite Rex

Not Exactly Rocket Science

Erkundungen einer unermesslichen Welt

Die erstaunlichen Sinne der Tiere

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong takes us on “a thrilling tour of nonhuman perception” (The New York Times), allowing us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. “One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction . . . Yong’s reporting is layered, seasoned with vivid scenes from laboratories and in the field, interviews with researchers across a spectrum of disciplines.”—Oprah Daily “A dazzling ride through the sensory world of astoundingly sophisticated creatures.”—The Wall Street Journal The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses to encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.”

**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Wonderful, mind-broadening... a journey to alternative realities as extraordinary as any you'll find in science fiction' The Times, Book of the Week 'Magnificent' Guardian Enter a new dimension - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. 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 only a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth's magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and humans that wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile's scaly face is as sensitive as a lover's fingertips, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved. Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the threads of scent, waves of electromagnetism and pulses of pressure that surround us. Because in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes. 'A stunning achievement - steeped in science but suffused with magic' Siddhartha Mukherjee, author The Emperor of All Maladies 'Magnificent - an unbelievably immersive and mind-blowing account of how other animals experience our world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees and The Inner Life of Animals 'A delightful sensory experience: to see the world through the touch-vision of a scallop, to taste through the feet of a mosquito and hear through the feet of an elephant' Gaia Vince, author of Transcendence

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER)

o mikrobech v nás, kolem nás a o jejich fascinujícím vlivu na náš život

Obsahuji davy

Yo contengo multitudes ya es considerado una obra fundamental de ciencia divulgativa -como lo fue en su momento El gen egoísta-. Un libro fascinante y rompedor que cambiará de mil millones de micromaneras nuestra percepción del mundo natural y el espacio que en él ocupamos. El cuerpo humano alberga billones de microbios que conforman todo un mundo en simbiosis con su entorno. Estos microscópicos y multitudinarios compañeros vitales no solo moldean nuestros órganos, nos protegen de enfermedades, e influyen en nuestro comportamiento, sino que resultan clave a la hora de entender el funcionamiento de la vida. En Yo contengo multitudes Ed Yong nos abre los ojos y nos invita con su erudición y sentido del humor a mirarnos como algo más que individuos: como receptáculos interdependientes de los microbiomas que conforman todos los seres vivos. Así, descubriremos la asombrosa e invisible ciencia detrás de los gigantescos arrecifes que construyen los corales, aprenderemos cómo ciertos calamares crean juegos de luces, y veremos el modo en que las bacterias pueden alterar nuestra respuesta en la lucha contra el cáncer, manipular nuestro sistema inmunológico, influir en nuestra evolución e incluso modificar nuestro genoma. Bill Gates opina sobre este libro... «Después de leer el interesantísimo libro Yo contengo multitudes del periodista británico Ed Yong, veo los microbios con una mirada diferente y hablo de ellos con nuevos términos. [...] Yong sintetiza literalmente cientos y cientos de páginas, sin abrumarte nunca con la ciencia. Tan solo imparte una visión fascinante y sorprendente detrás de otra. Yo contengo multitudes es el mejor periodismo científico.» The Blog of Bill Gates

Los microbios que nos habitan y una mayor visión de la vida

Yo contengo multitudes

>> „Kniha Obsahuji davy je syntézou doslova stovek a stovek vědeckých článků. Ed Yong vás přitom nikdy nezahltí odborností, ale vede vás od jednoho fascinujícího poznatku k druhému. Obsahuji davy je úplnou špičkou na poli vědecké žurnalistiky.“ — Bill Gates << >> Každé lidské tělo, i to vaše, obsahuje davy: přetéká desítkami bilionů mikrobů. Co jsou vlastně zač? Škodí nám? Pomáhají? A jak? Nahlédněte do neuvěřitelného mikrosvěta, jehož důležitost pro člověka i všechen život na Zemi jsme až dosud neznali. Skvělý vypraveč Ed Yong vám bude zábavným a přitom erudovaným průvodcem.<< ## O knize Mnoho lidí považuje mikroby za pouhé patogeny předurčené k likvidaci. Malé, otravné a nebezpečné. Slavný popularizátor vědy Ed Yong však ví, že drtivé většiny mikrobů se nemusíme bát, natož je ničit. Naopak, měli bychom je hýčkat, obdivovat a studovat, protože zcela zásadně utváří naše těla a ovlivňují naše zdraví. Život mikrobů je úzce propleten s tím naším, stejně jako se životem každého živočicha na Zemi. Bez nich bychom tu zkrátka nebyli. Toto poznání se v posledních letech stalo nejdůležitější biologickou revolucí od doby Darwina – a vy můžete být u ní. ## Proč si knihu přečíst - Pochopíte, jak bakterie upravují odezvu lidí na léky proti rakovině, jak vylaďují náš trávicí nebo imunitní systém a dokonce mění naši genetickou výbavu. - Dozvíte se, jaké nečekané schopnosti mikrobi propůjčují živočichům, od pláště neviditelnosti sépiím po zajištění energie tvorům bez úst a střev. - Dočtete se o neuvěřitelných schopnostech bakterií, které si dokážou vzájemně vyměňovat kusy DNA a stavět tak na hlavu naše dosavadní představy o evoluci. - Dozvíte se o příčinách současné epidemie alergií, proč jimi méně trpí mladší sourozenci a jak vám pomůžou domácí mazlíčci. - Zjistíte, že každá rodina má svůj jedinečný mikrobiom, kterým do 24 hodin přepíše mikrobiální prostředí bytu, do něhož se přestěhuje. - Získáte radikálně nový pohled na život na Zemi. ## O autorovi ED YONG je cenami ověnčený popularizátor vědy a pravidelný přispěvatel měsíčníku The Atlantic. Jeho oblíbený blog Not Exactly Rocket Science vychází v rámci National Geographic. Práce Eda Yonga se objevují v periodikách Wired, New York Times, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, Guardian, The Times a také v BBC. Žije v Londýně. # Více o knize http://www.melvil.cz/obsahuji-davy Sdílejte s hashtagem #obsahujidavy

O mikrobech v nás, kolem nás a o jejich fascinujícím vlivu na náš život

Vores kroppe rummer et righoldigt liv. Hver og en af os er en verden, en vrimmel af milliarder bakterier. Derfor er vi alle hver især, ikke blot os, men mange. Vores mikroskopiske følgesvende former vore organer, beskytter os mod sygdomme, styrer vores adfærd og bombarderer os med deres gener. De rummer også nøglen til vores og alt andet liv på jorden. Vi hører om, hvordan koraller skaber mægtige rev, og hvordan blæksprutter kan skabe deres eget lysshow på bunden af oceaner. Vi hører om, hvordan bakterier kan ændre effekten af cancerbehandling, justere vores immunforsvar, påvirke vores evolution og tilmed ændre vores genetiske kode. Og vi møder de videnskabsmænd, som arbejder på modifikation af vores usynlig følgesvende for at de skal arbejde for vores sundhed. I Jeg er mange inviterer Ed Yong os ind i bakteriernes fantastisk verden, og viser os, hvorfor vi skal betragte os selv og andre dyr ikke så meget som individualiteter, men snarere som levende og myldrende økosystemer.

Mikroorganismerne i os og livet i et større perspektiv

Jeg er mange

Nós, os Micróbios e Uma Visão Alargada da Vida

New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020. A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2020. Edited by Jaime Green and Ed Yong.

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