How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
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- Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
- Create Date：2022-09-16 03:19:36
- Update Date：2025-09-06
- Status：finish
- Author：Tom Mustill
- ISBN：1538739119
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
Reviews
Hampus Jakobsson
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What a wonderful book！ I didn't know when I started reading if it would be a book about whales or technology， and was pleasantly surprised when Mustill turned the aperture to humans' relationship with the world and our need to dominate， categorize， and understand。 Mustill starts the book with a personal， dramatic encounter with a whale and ends it with a peaceful and lovely one。 And， throughout the book， he reflects on the topics of language， the horrible history of human exploitation of cetacea What a wonderful book！ I didn't know when I started reading if it would be a book about whales or technology， and was pleasantly surprised when Mustill turned the aperture to humans' relationship with the world and our need to dominate， categorize， and understand。 Mustill starts the book with a personal， dramatic encounter with a whale and ends it with a peaceful and lovely one。 And， throughout the book， he reflects on the topics of language， the horrible history of human exploitation of cetaceans， modern information technology of sensors and AI， and how humans always put themselves above all other living beings。 The audiobook was wonderfully narrated by the author and had amazing sounds of cetaceans。 。。。more
Shane DiGiovanna
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Hope of ConnectionThe most important， and human， question we ask ourselves is， “are we alone？”。 Normally that question makes us think of connecting with aliens in space， but in doing so we forget the aliens all around us — animals， especially whales。 This book goes on a quest to understand the whales — their biology， their intellect， and their communication， even their culture。 We learn about the advances we’ve made in interpreting the vocalizations of whales。 The result is unexpectedly moving a Hope of ConnectionThe most important， and human， question we ask ourselves is， “are we alone？”。 Normally that question makes us think of connecting with aliens in space， but in doing so we forget the aliens all around us — animals， especially whales。 This book goes on a quest to understand the whales — their biology， their intellect， and their communication， even their culture。 We learn about the advances we’ve made in interpreting the vocalizations of whales。 The result is unexpectedly moving and profound。 This book is a great read， especially paired with Ted Chiang’s short story “The Great Silence”。 。。。more
Ula Tardigrade
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