Book Club Set: How to speak whale (8 copies) : a voyage into the future of animal communication
Book |
William Collins,
London :
2022.
- 3 of 8 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 7513 MUS | Adult Book Club Set | Not holdable | In process |
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 7513 MUS | Adult Book Club Set | Not holdable | Available |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 7513 MUS | Adult Book Club Set | Not holdable | Available |
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 7513 MUS | Adult Book Club Set | Not holdable | In process |
About
"In 2015, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill was whale watching when a humpback breached onto his kayak and nearly killed him. After a video clip of the event went viral, Tom found himself inundated with theories about what happened. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had been thinking and sometimes wished he could just ask it. In the process of making a film about his experience, he discovered that might not be such a crazy idea. This is a story about the pioneers in a new age of discovery, whose cutting-edge developments in natural science and technology are taking us to the brink of decoding animal communication -- and whales, with their giant mammalian brains and sophisticated vocalisations, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for us to do so. Using 'underwater ears,' robotic fish, big data and machine intelligence, leading scientists and tech-entrepreneurs across the world are working to turn the fantasy of Dr Dolittle into a reality, upending much of what we know about these mysterious creatures. But what would it mean if we were to make contact? And with climate change threatening ever more species with extinction, would doing so alter our approach to the natural world? Enormously original and hugely entertaining, How to Speak Whale is an unforgettable look at how close we truly are to communicating with another species -- and how doing so might change our world beyond recognition."--Front flap of book jacket.
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Details
- ISBN: 1538739119
- ISBN: 9781538739112
- ISBN: 9781538739129
- Physical Description: xviii, 283 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.print
- Publisher: London : William Collins, 2022.
- Copyright: ℗♭2022.
- General Note: Set contains 8 regular print copies
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Van Leeuwenhoek decides to look (New tools plus inquisitive humans equals unexpected discovery) -- Enter, pursued by a whale (The twenty-first-century revolution in cetacean biology, and how I joined it) -- A song in the ocean (How we saved the whales by decoding them) -- The law of the tongue (Different species already communicate) -- The joy of whales (Do cetaceans have the tools to talk and listen?) -- "Some sort of stupid, big fish" (What can whale brains tell us about their minds?) -- The search for an animal language (Let's avoid the word "language") -- Deep minds: cetacean culture club (How dolphin behaviors suggest they're worth trying to chat to) -- The sea has ears (Robots can record whale communications we never could before) -- Animalgorithms (How we can train machines to find patterns in cetacean communications) -- Machines of loving grace (Google translate for whales) -- Anthropodenial (Humans underestimate other animals...and why it matters) -- Dances with whales (It's time to find out if we can speak whale).