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The Reality Bubble

Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World

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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. What she reveals is not on the things we didn't evolve to see but, more dangerously, the blindness of modern society. This vitally important new book shows how sciences, and the wonder and courage that drive it, can help civilisation flourish by opening our eyes.

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.

©2019 Ziya Tong (P)2019 Canongate Books Ltd Biological Sciences Physics Science Physiology
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Wow is all I can say about this book. I bought it after listening to a podcast with the author expecting to learn something, only to find my life turned upside down!

It does everything it says on the tin. Please read and have your mind blown, you will never look at the world the same way again!

Everyone must read this!!!!!!

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Provides much to ponder on. Great narration. Narrator has a lovely voice. An enjoyable listen.

Thought Provoking.

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I really enjoyed this book, so much so, I listened to it twice in a row.
They should teach this stuff in schools !

eye opener

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Seems like an interesting book but am having to give up after a few chapters due to every sentence ending in vocal fry.

Unlistenavle narration

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Did not like this book, if you like lots of different information without getting too deep or any real substance then this could be for you, poorly researched - the potato blight in Ireland caused the famine… mentioned nothing about the genocide, there was other crops shipped off the Island by the British occupiers. A quick google would give you that information, so after that everything I was listening to carried very little weight. Lacks any real substance and very opinionated.

Don’t bother

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