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Invisible Nature

Invisible Nature

A Secret World Beyond our Senses

by Catherine Barr and Anne Wilson
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/05/2022

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Explore the hidden forces of sight, sound touch and smell that lie beyond human senses but which animals use in amazing ways

There are sounds no human ear can hear, scents no-one can smell, colours our eyes cannot detect, waves of radiation that pass right through us without our noticing, but known and used by many different animal species. They have dangers as well as uses, but are vital to all life on Earth. This fascinating unseen and secret world is revealed in Catherine Barr's latest book.

Fourteen colourful spreads display the impact on human and animal life of microwaves; ultra-violet and infra-red light; electromagnetic waves; ultrasound and infrasound and scents and smells beyond human detection. Understanding these hidden forces enables us to use them in many ways. But many animals also use them. They help cats to catch mice, elephants to find mates, vampire bats to find victims. Ants 'talk' by exchanging smells. Indeed, without 'Invisible Nature', life on Earth would not exist at all.
ISBN:
9781913074371
9781913074371
Category:
Natural history (Childrens/Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-05-2022
Publisher:
Otter-Barry Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
40
Dimensions (mm):
240x275mm
Catherine Barr

Catherine Barr studied Ecology at Leeds University and trained as a journalist. She worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues.

While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions: Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert and Myths and Monsters. Her previous books for Frances Lincoln are The Story of Life and Elliot's Arctic Surprise.

She lives on a hill near Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire with her partner and two daughters.

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