The desert year [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph Wood Krutch ; decorations by Rudolf Freund |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Collana | Sightline books |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Southwest, New
Desert ecology - Southwest, New |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58729-947-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Why I Came; What It Looks Like; How to See It; How Some Others Live There; Desert Rain; What the Desert Is Good For; The Contemplative Toad; From a Mountaintop; The Individual and the Species; In Search of an Autumn; Tour of Inspection; The Metaphor of the Grasslands; Spring; A Bird in the Bush; Undiscovered Country; Postscript |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458080003321 |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 | ||
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The desert year [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph Wood Krutch ; decorations by Rudolf Freund |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Collana | Sightline books |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Southwest, New
Desert ecology - Southwest, New |
ISBN | 1-58729-947-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Why I Came; What It Looks Like; How to See It; How Some Others Live There; Desert Rain; What the Desert Is Good For; The Contemplative Toad; From a Mountaintop; The Individual and the Species; In Search of an Autumn; Tour of Inspection; The Metaphor of the Grasslands; Spring; A Bird in the Bush; Undiscovered Country; Postscript |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791677103321 |
Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.>
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The desert year / / Joseph Wood Krutch ; decorations by Rudolf Freund |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Collana | Sightline books |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Southwest, New
Desert ecology - Southwest, New |
ISBN | 1-58729-947-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Why I Came; What It Looks Like; How to See It; How Some Others Live There; Desert Rain; What the Desert Is Good For; The Contemplative Toad; From a Mountaintop; The Individual and the Species; In Search of an Autumn; Tour of Inspection; The Metaphor of the Grasslands; Spring; A Bird in the Bush; Undiscovered Country; Postscript |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815439003321 |
Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.>
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great chain of life [[electronic resource] /] / by Joseph Wood Krutch ; with illustrations by Paul Landacre |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 591.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LandacrePaul <1893-1963.> |
Collana | Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction |
Soggetto topico |
Animal behavior
Evolution |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-58729-880-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue; Contents; 1. Basic Forms of Life: The Simplicity that Isn't Simple; 2. Machinery for Evolution: Enter Love and Enter Death; 3. The Animal's First Need: Protein and Original Sin; 4. Parenthood: With Love and without; 5. The Need for Continuity: More Lives than One; 6. The Barbarian Mammal: Homeric Heroes; 7. The Meaning of Awareness: The You and the Me; 8. Undeveloped Potentialities: The Civilized Animal; 9. Reverence for Life: The Vandal and the Sportsman; 10. Devolution: A Dangerous Experiment; 11. How Right Was Darwin? New Answers to Old Questions; Epilogue |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458332103321 |
Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.>
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great chain of life [[electronic resource] /] / by Joseph Wood Krutch ; with illustrations by Paul Landacre |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 591.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LandacrePaul <1893-1963.> |
Collana | Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction |
Soggetto topico |
Animal behavior
Evolution |
ISBN | 1-58729-880-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue; Contents; 1. Basic Forms of Life: The Simplicity that Isn't Simple; 2. Machinery for Evolution: Enter Love and Enter Death; 3. The Animal's First Need: Protein and Original Sin; 4. Parenthood: With Love and without; 5. The Need for Continuity: More Lives than One; 6. The Barbarian Mammal: Homeric Heroes; 7. The Meaning of Awareness: The You and the Me; 8. Undeveloped Potentialities: The Civilized Animal; 9. Reverence for Life: The Vandal and the Sportsman; 10. Devolution: A Dangerous Experiment; 11. How Right Was Darwin? New Answers to Old Questions; Epilogue |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791134703321 |
Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.>
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great chain of life / / by Joseph Wood Krutch ; with illustrations by Paul Landacre |
Autore | Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.> |
Edizione | [1st University of Iowa Press ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
Disciplina | 591.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LandacrePaul <1893-1963.> |
Collana | Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction |
Soggetto topico |
Animal behavior
Evolution |
ISBN | 1-58729-880-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue; Contents; 1. Basic Forms of Life: The Simplicity that Isn't Simple; 2. Machinery for Evolution: Enter Love and Enter Death; 3. The Animal's First Need: Protein and Original Sin; 4. Parenthood: With Love and without; 5. The Need for Continuity: More Lives than One; 6. The Barbarian Mammal: Homeric Heroes; 7. The Meaning of Awareness: The You and the Me; 8. Undeveloped Potentialities: The Civilized Animal; 9. Reverence for Life: The Vandal and the Sportsman; 10. Devolution: A Dangerous Experiment; 11. How Right Was Darwin? New Answers to Old Questions; Epilogue |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828688403321 |
Krutch Joseph Wood <1893-1970.>
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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