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Tewkesbury Walks
Bernard Michaux
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Description for Tewkesbury Walks
Hardcover. Num Pages: 113 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
The book is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual’s relationship to their environment (Avon and Severn Valleys Loop) that leads to a description of conservation issues at local, national and international levels, and ultimately to a discussion of the importance of Citizen Science (Coombe Hill – Apperley –Deerhurst). The following chapter (Mythe Bridge – Forthampton – Tewkesbury) looks at science as it is actually practiced and its role in modern society by an analysis of ... Read more
The book is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual’s relationship to their environment (Avon and Severn Valleys Loop) that leads to a description of conservation issues at local, national and international levels, and ultimately to a discussion of the importance of Citizen Science (Coombe Hill – Apperley –Deerhurst). The following chapter (Mythe Bridge – Forthampton – Tewkesbury) looks at science as it is actually practiced and its role in modern society by an analysis of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
107
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319015439
SKU
V9783319015439
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Bernard Michaux
Bernard Michaux serves as HS Manager at the Titirangi Steiner School in New Zealand. He contributed to Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace (Oxford University Press, 2010).
Reviews for Tewkesbury Walks
From the reviews: “Tewkesbury Walks is a well-written, pithy, and introspective volume on the history of biogeography and the foundations of evolution. … volume is divided into eight essays, each of which contains a guided walk through the country areas in and around Tewkesbury … . The essays fill an important niche, namely the personal commentary of a practicing ... Read more