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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction あんどりゅー・かーねぎー せいじんむけ ふぃくしょん および のんふぃくしょん ゆうしゅうしょう

Edition 12 (2023, held 2 times in year)

Adult FictionAdult NonfictionLibrary-related Literary AwardUnited States

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Ed Yong (Edmund Soon-Weng Yong) えど よん Winner

An Immense World is a science book that follows the radically different sensory worlds of animals, tracing hidden layers of smell, sound, touch, and electric and magnetic perception. It challenges human-centered assumptions by showing how other species experience reality in ways we can only partly imagine.

Using the eyes of other animals, the book opens a door to sensory layers most of us never notice.

464 pages
Animal sensesSensory biologyScience nonfictionBiodiversityRethinking human perception