An Immense World

Standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing, Ed Yong dazzles with a deeply considered exploration of the many modes of sensory perception that life has evolved to navigate the world, written with exhilarating freshness.
Winner of 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.

[A] wondrous, lustrous, captivating book: Ed Yong's An Immense World... left me awed and stunned - and revolted by humanity's destructive pride and planetary abuse.
Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year.

• Full of extraordinary discoveries... an encyclopaedic, rigorously researched journey... recasts the world in breath-taking, bewildering immensity - Daily Telegraph
• A hymn to the wonders of evolution... fascinating - Mail on Sunday
• Yong succeeds in bringing a sense of grandeur to life on every scale - Financial Times

Not just a study of the myriad wonders of the natural world - though wondrous they are - but also a panoramic, complex portrait of the sensory capacities that underpin a multitude of life... In uncovering all this, Yong also shows why we should give more thought to our place in the world.
New Statesman, - Best Books of 2022
An Immense World is an exploration of the ways in which our fellow creatures navigate, understand and interact with one another and their environment through senses. ... The result is so mind-boggling, it's tempting to say 'forget looking in deep space for astonishment'. But let's not do that. Let's continue searching there while also paying better attention to the miracles right under our noses. Yong's marvellous book shows us how.
Spectator, - Best Books of 2022