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The Sunday Times Bestseller on how animal senses reveal the world around usAward-winning science writer Ed Yong takes readers on an astonishing journey through the hidden senses of Earth’s creatures. From the magnetic compass of migratory birds to the ultraviolet vision of bees and the echolocation of bats, Yong welcomes us into previously unfathomable dimensions - the world as it is truly perceived by other animals.Drawing on the latest research in neurobiology and animal behaviour, An Immense World explores how each species lives within its unique environment, uncovering the sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields that form its sensory bubble of experience.This is science writing at its most transporting: showing us that in order to understand our world we don't need to travel to other places; we need to see through other eyes.Winner of the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionA New York Times, Guardian, Economist, Spectator, TLS and New Statesman Book of the Year‘Immersive and mind-blowing’ Peter Wohlleben‘Suffused with magic’ Siddhartha Mukherjee‘A book that prompts awe at the world around us’ Sunday Times

Jag och mina mikrober är en ögonöppnande och lustfylld resa in i mikroorganismernas värld. Ed Yong visar hur människor och djur inte bara är individer, utan i sig själva hela ekosystem. Våra kroppar är hem för tiotals miljarder mikrober. Var och en av oss är en hel värld, en koloni full av liv. Detta myller av mikroorganismer formar vårt inre, skyddar oss från sjukdomar och påverkar vårt beteende. De kan också hjälpa oss att förstå hur livet på Jorden uppstod och utvecklades. Ed Yong är vetenskapsjournalist och skriver för The Atlantic. Han är av många ansedd som världens bästa vetenskapsjournalist, och har även medverkat i Wired, New York Times, Nature, BBC och Guardian. Jag och mina mikrober är hans första bok.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZEYour 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 GatesSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017