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| ISBN: | 0735235562 (ISBN13: 9780735235564) |
Ziya Tong
Hardcover | Pages: 366 pages Rating: 4.24 | 356 Users | 78 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World |
| Author | : | Ziya Tong |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 366 pages |
| Published | : | May 14th 2019 by Allen Lane |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Science. Psychology. Environment. Cultural. Canada. History. Technology |
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From one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.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 in 360-degree vision. These animals live in the same world we do, but they see something quite different when they look around.
With all of the curiosity and flair that drives her broadcasting, Ziya Tong illuminates this hidden world, and takes us on a journey to examine ten of humanity's biggest blind spots.
First, we are introduced to the blind spots we are all born with, to see how technology reveals an astonishing world that exists beyond our human senses. It is with these new ways of seeing that today's scientists can image everything from an atom to a black hole.
In Section Two, our collective blind spots are exposed. It's not that we can't see, Tong reminds us. It's that we don't. In the 21st century, there are cameras everywhere, except where our food comes from, where our energy comes from, and where our waste goes. Being in the dark when it comes to how we survive makes it impossible to navigate our future.
Lastly, the scope widens to our civilizational blind spots. Here, the blurred lens of history reveals how we inherit ways of thinking about the world that seem natural or inevitable but are in fact little more than traditions, ways of seeing the world that have come to harm it.
This vitally important new book shows how science, and the curiosity that drives it, can help civilization flourish by opening our eyes to the landscape laid out before us. Fast-paced, utterly fascinating, and deeply humane, The Reality Bubble gives voice to the sense we've all had -- that there is more to the world than meets the eye.
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Ratings: 4.24 From 356 Users | 78 ReviewsCriticism Out Of Books The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World
I love reading science fiction, and you might expect me to open this review with an encomium of how science fiction helps us imagine a way into a better future. But no. One of the reasons I love science fiction is for how it asks us to truly confront our assumptions about the way things are, and whether thats inevitable.So many science fiction stories involving artificial intelligence place that intelligence into humanoid or human-like android bodies. Yet other stories imagine AI as somethingI found some of the facts in The Reality Bubble mind-boggling, especially towards the end of the book. The parts that deal with science, however, dont seem always so accurate. One example is when the author compares the frequencies of GPS radio signals with the frequency range of audible sound to explain why we cant hear them. Because radio signals are electromagnetic waves, it would make more sense to compare their frequency with the frequency of visible light. This is how I would modify the
Really great and insightful book. I learned a lot about the challenges facing our planet, and I am hopeful we can find a way to repair the serious damage humans have caused.
The Reality Bubble is a fluid scientific essay exploring multiple scientific principles to convey ways in which humanity is literally and philosophically blind to the world that we live in. It is also hugely entertaining and informative.Ziya Tong utilises her experience and knowledge of multiple scientific principles to allow The Reality Bubble to meander from one aspect of science to another, confidently taking each concept in confident stride. She successfully conveys incredibly complicated
Fascinating. Horrifying. Thought-provoking. Terrifying. Not merely worth a read, but dare I say almost a *must read* for the conscientious earthling.
I fricken love science! Tong does a great job in opening our eyes to some of our assumptions with science. As research on everything from biology, space, evolution, climate, etc continues to occur at a startling rate, humans are asked to continually change our perception of the world around us. Tong breaks her book into 3 parts; biological blind spots, societal blind spots and civilizational blind spots. Part one was my favourite. Im such a nerd for biology! I especially loved the content on
everything I read now explains to me that everyone (including me) really should be vegan and I won't say it's a sign but obviously it's a signThis book is like what I imagine Sapiens to be about but like fun and science instead of "the LLC is a masterpiece of human genius"
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