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The Essential Naturalist
Michael H. Graham (Ed.)
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Description for The Essential Naturalist
Paperback. Like nearly various area of scholarly inquiry, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and more. This title offers a ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations of the natural world. Editor(s): Graham, Michael H.; Parker, Joan; Dayton, Paul K. Num Pages: 560 pages, 4 halftones, 18 line drawings, 39 tables. BIC Classification: PS; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, paleontologists, and much more. But all these splintered pieces have their origins in the larger field of natural history - and in this era when climate change and relentless population growth are irrevocably altering the world around us, perhaps it's time to step back and take a new, fresh look at the larger picture. "The Essential Naturalist" offers exactly that: a wide-ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations ... Read more
Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, their practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, paleontologists, and much more. But all these splintered pieces have their origins in the larger field of natural history - and in this era when climate change and relentless population growth are irrevocably altering the world around us, perhaps it's time to step back and take a new, fresh look at the larger picture. "The Essential Naturalist" offers exactly that: a wide-ranging, eclectic collection of writings from more than eight centuries of observations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226305707
SKU
V9780226305707
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About Michael H. Graham (Ed.)
Michael H. Graham is associate professor at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories at San Jose State University. Joan Parker is the head librarian at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Paul K. Dayton is professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.
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