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Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
D Quammen
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Description for Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
Hardcover. A revised and expanded edition of Quammen's first book of nonfiction, including the best of his recent work. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 510.
“Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions,” said David Quammen in the original introduction to Natural Acts. For more than two decades, he has stuck to that credo. In this updated version of his first essay collection, Quammen’s lively curiosity leads him from New Mexico to Romania, from the Congo to the Amazon, asking questions about mosquitoes (what are their redeeming merits?), dinosaurs (how did they change the life of a dyslexic Vietnam vet?), and cloning (can it save endangered species?). This expanded edition ... Read more
“Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions,” said David Quammen in the original introduction to Natural Acts. For more than two decades, he has stuck to that credo. In this updated version of his first essay collection, Quammen’s lively curiosity leads him from New Mexico to Romania, from the Congo to the Amazon, asking questions about mosquitoes (what are their redeeming merits?), dinosaurs (how did they change the life of a dyslexic Vietnam vet?), and cloning (can it save endangered species?). This expanded edition ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393058055
SKU
V9780393058055
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99-15
About D Quammen
David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award in the art of the essay from PEN, and (three times) the National Magazine Award. Quammen is also a ... Read more
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