Sensational is a deep dive into our senses and how they both inform and shape our lives. It was published in 2003 by Profile Books in the UK, and by Allen & Unwin in ANZ. In the US it was published by Basic Books under the title, Where We Meet the World.
It has subsequently been translated into Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Turkish
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 did. In Where We Meet the World, biologist Ashley Ward takes readers on a breathtaking tour of how our senses function. Ward looks at not only the five major senses—vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch—but also a host of other senses such as balance and interoception, the sense of the body’s internal state. Drawing on new research, he explores how our senses interact with and regulate each other, and he uncovers what we can learn from how other animals—and even bacteria—encounter the world.
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