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The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn: Six Personal Essays on Natural Science and Romanticism

By Richard , Mabey

Book information

Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Year
2011
ISBN
9781846684074, 9781847654502, 1847654509
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1585707 bytes)
Pages
(71 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
NATURE--Essays;NATURE--Reference;TRAVEL--Special I

Description

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. The Greenhouse and the Field; 2. The Lichen and the Lens; 3. The Crab Apple and the Grafting Knife; 4. The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn; 5. The Nightingale and the Sonogram; 6. The Map and the Word.;In these elegant, short essays, revered nature writer Richard Mabey attempts to marry a Romantic's view of the natural world with that of the meticulous observations of the scientist. By Romanticism he refers to the view that nature isn't a machine to be dissected, but a community of which we, the observers, are inextricably part. And that our feelings about that community are a perfectly proper subject for reflection, because they shape our relationship with it. Scientists eshew such a subjective response, wanting to witness the natural world exactly, whatever feelings subsequently follow. Ou.

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