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Tracks and shadows [[electronic resource] ] : field biology as art / / Harry W. Greene



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Autore: Greene Harry W. <1945-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tracks and shadows [[electronic resource] ] : field biology as art / / Harry W. Greene Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina: 570.92
B
Soggetto topico: Biologists - United States
Nature
Soggetto non controllato: academic career
art
autobiography
beauty in nature
biographical
biography
biology
conservation
creatures
ecolit
ecology
engaging
environmental
essays
field biologist
field biology
field research
friendship
happiness
herpetology
ichthyology
life sciences
lively
love of nature
memoir
nat hist
natural history
natural settings
natural world
nature
outdoor adventure
personal
profound lessons
realistic
reptiles
science and math
scientists
snake biology
snakes
wildlife
Classificazione: SCI008000NAT001000NAT011000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Descent with Modification -- Part Two. Conversing with Serpents -- Part Three. Pretty in Sunlight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: "Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment."--
Titolo autorizzato: Tracks and shadows  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-29265-0
0-520-95673-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826226403321
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