The Reality Bubble
Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World
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Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-048-7 (ISBN)
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-048-7 (ISBN)
A groundbreaking look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways, from the Vice Chair of WWF Canada
What are we not seeing?
Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence.
And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or with 360-degree vision. These animals live in the same world we do, but they see something quite different when they look around.
In The Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity's biggest blind spots. What she reveals is not on the things we didn't evolve to see but, more dangerously, the blindness of modern society. Fast-paced, utterly fascinating and deeply humane, this vitally important new book gives voice to the sense we've all had - that there is more to the world than meets the eye.
What are we not seeing?
Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence.
And we are blind compared to the animals that can see in infrared, or ultraviolet, or with 360-degree vision. These animals live in the same world we do, but they see something quite different when they look around.
In The Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity's biggest blind spots. What she reveals is not on the things we didn't evolve to see but, more dangerously, the blindness of modern society. Fast-paced, utterly fascinating and deeply humane, this vitally important new book gives voice to the sense we've all had - that there is more to the world than meets the eye.
Ziya Tong is the Vice Chair of WWF Canada. She anchored Daily Planet, Discovery Channel's flagship science programme, until its final season in 2018. Tong also hosted the CBC's Emmy-nominated series ZeD, PBS' national prime-time series, Wired Science, and worked as a correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW. @ziyatong | ziyatong.com
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 214 mm |
| Gewicht | 456 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83885-048-1 / 1838850481 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83885-048-7 / 9781838850487 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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