Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses

by Ashley Ward and Ashley Ward

The thrilling story of how our senses evolved and how they shape our encounters with the world Our senses are what make life worth living. They allow us to appreciate a sip of an ice-cold drink, the sound of laughter, the touch of a lover. But only recently have incredible advances in sensory biology given us the ability to understand how and why our senses evolved as they have. In Where We Meet the World , biologist Ashley Ward takes readers on a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541600851
• ISBN13: 9781541600850
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Fun!

I've just started this book but know I will be reading more by this author. One of his first descriptions is of a dung dwelling fungus that sends its spores away to prosper. It was wonderfully metaphorical. Don't all good parents aspire to send their progeny far from their own dung hill of existence? I love an author who can make me laugh about biology.