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Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel



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Autore: Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 578.77/092
Soggetto topico: Marine invertebrates - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Marine invertebrates - Mexico - California, Gulf of
Teleology
Soggetto geografico: Pacific Coast (U.S.) Description and travel
California, Gulf of (Mexico) Description and travel
Soggetto non controllato: a spiritual morphology of poetry
biography
california
cannery row
conservation
earth sciences
ecology
edward ricketts
environment
environmentalism
gulf of california
invertebrates
log from the sea of cortez
marine biology
mexican village
mexico
monterey
natural history
natural world
naturalism
naturalist
nature
nonfiction
oceanography
science
steinbeck
the philosophy of breaking through
travel writing
travel
travelogue
village
wildlife
Altri autori: RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-345) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog -- 2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides -- 3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'" -- 4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry" -- 5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking" -- 6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940" -- 7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico" -- 8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands -- 9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On" -- 10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage" -- Epilogue -- Living at the Lab with My Father -- Early Days: Nicknames and Such -- Works Cited -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts (1897-1948) has reached legendary status in the California mythos. A true polymath and a thinker ahead of his time, Ricketts was a scientist who worked in passionate collaboration with many of his friends-artists, writers, and influential intellectual figures-including, perhaps most famously, John Steinbeck, who once said that Ricketts's mind "had no horizons." This unprecedented collection, featuring previously unpublished pieces as well as others available for the first time in their original form, reflects the wide scope of Ricketts's scientific, philosophical, and literary interests during the years he lived and worked on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. These writings, which together illuminate the evolution of Ricketts's unique, holistic approach to science, include "Verbatim transcription of notes on the Gulf of California trip," the basic manuscript for Steinbeck's and Ricketts's Log from the Sea of Cortez; the essays "The Philosophy of Breaking Through" and "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry;" several shorter pieces on topics including collecting invertebrates and the impact of modernization on Mexican village life; and more. An engaging critical biography and a number of rare photographs offer a new and richly detailed view of Ricketts's life.
Titolo autorizzato: Breaking through  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35899-5
1-4237-8961-X
9786612358999
0-520-93266-8
1-60129-387-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783669203321
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