ENGLISH

The boilerplate rhino: nature in the eye of the beholder

By David , Quammen

Book information

Publisher
Scribner
Year
2004
ISBN
0684837285, 0743200322, 9780684837284, 9780743200325
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5275724 bytes)
Edition
1st Scribner trade paperback ed
Pages
287 pages ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Natural history;Nature

Description

Roadkill on the highway of time: Rattlesnake passion -- The narcotic of empire -- Hard parts -- Dubious certitudes, dauntless theories: Certainity and doubt in Baja -- Phobia and philia -- Who swims with the tuna -- Tropical passengers -- Spatula theory -- The great stinking clue -- The dope on eggs -- Flesh or fowl or what?: The cats that fly by themselves -- Local bird makes good -- One man's meat -- Either or neither -- Near sight: Beast in the mirror -- Pulpating the tumor -- Rethinking the lawn -- Half-blinded poets and birds -- Time-and-motion study -- Tricks of the light: The boilerplate rhino -- Limelight -- Gardening on Mars -- Impersonating Henry Thoreau -- God's weakness for beetles -- Limits of vision.

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