Book · 2023 · Nature
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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Ed Yong had a wonderful book called An Immense World where he describes all of these different animals, all of whom are relatives of ours, and they have just different ways of sensing the world.
Jamie Metzl · The Jordan Harbinger Show · Jun 2026 Listen at 24:21 What they say about it
- Discusses animal senses“different sensory modalities that different animals use”6
- Praises the book“a masterful, masterful, masterful book”5
The best things said about it
Ed Yong talks about his new book An Immense World which asks us humans to break out of our sensory bubbles and consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice, and other animals experience their surroundings.
Ed Young wrote a book called An Immense World. Um he's not a scientist, but he's a science writer, and it's about different sensory modalities that different animals use. Yeah. And for an animal lover like me, it's I found it really spectacular.
Andrew Huberman Huberman Lab · Jan 2026 There's a wonderful book by Ed Yong called An Immense World which really highlights that it seems as though we're sharing the same world.
I'm reading an amazing book called An Immense World by Ed Yong.
Andrew Huberman Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2023 It's a masterful, masterful, masterful book.
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An Immense World by Ed Yong is a popular science book that explores how various non-human animals perceive reality through distinct sensory modalities and survival mechanisms. Jamie Metzl recommended the book on separate episodes of The Jordan Harbinger Show, using it to illustrate the diverse sensory worlds shared by animal relatives and how biological sensors function as evolutionary tools. Host John Williams highlighted the volume toward the end of an interview with the author to discuss hidden environmental realms. On the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett praised the work as masterful while discussing emotional experiences across species, and Andrew Huberman frequently recommended the text to fellow animal lovers, noting his own enjoyment of the science writer's exploration of sensory biology. On Modern Wisdom, Anil Seth highlighted the book to emphasize how human perception differs from the myriad ways other creatures experience the same physical environment. Additionally, Shaan Puri mentioned the work on My First Million to explore animal senses and behaviors. Across multiple podcasts, speakers consistently highlighted the book as an engaging and enlightening exploration of biological diversity and sensory ecology.
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Jamie Metzl Ed Yong had a wonderful book called An Immense World where he describes all of these different animals, all… 2
“Ed Yong had a wonderful book called An Immense World where he describes all of these different animals, all of whom are relatives of ours, and they have just different ways of sensing the world.”
“some of which get to the point of oh I'm analyzing why this is happening and some of them are just like Ed Yang had a great book called an an immense world where he talks about every animal is like covered with all these sensors and these sensors are survival mechanisms”
John Williams but they can learn about that spider and many other creatures in your new book which again is called an imm… 3
“Ed yangong talks about his new book an immense World which asks us humans to break out of our sensory Bubbles and consider the unique ways that dogs Dolphins mice and other animals experience their surroundings”
“it's called an immense world how animal senses reveal the hidden Realms around us Ed thanks for being here”
“but they can learn about that spider and many other creatures in your new book which again is called an immense world how animal senses reveal the hidden Realms around us”
Andrew Huberman So I'm reading an amazing book called "An Immense World" by Ed Yong. 2
“Ed Young wrote a book called An Immense World. Um he's not a scientist, but he's a science writer, and it's about different sensory modalities that different animals use. Yeah. And for an animal lover like me, it's I found it really spectacular.”
“So I'm reading an amazing book called "An Immense World" by Ed Yong.”
Anil Seth and I think this is a there's a wonderful book by by Ed young called an immense World which which really hi… 1
“and I think this is a there's a wonderful book by by Ed young called an immense World which which really highlights that it seems as though we're sharing the same world”
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett when I was reading um ed yong's new book oh um first he wrote We contain multitudes which I think one of po… 1
“when I was reading um ed yong's new book oh um first he wrote We contain multitudes which I think one of politzer and then um what is the recent one with animals an immense world and what I what I was thinking was you know it's a first of all it's a masterful masterful masterful book I I wish”
Shaan Puri It was called like the five senses or what's the the the animal? It's called an immense world. An immense w… 1
“It was called like the five senses or what's the the the animal? It's called an immense world. An immense world. You have heard me give this spiel so many times”
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“one of the books on our top 10 books of 2022 list last year was an immense World by Ed Yang which was about animal senses”
“you I've joked that I wanted an immense world to turn people into the best SL worst dinner guests imaginable the details are fascinating in themselves”