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Tracks and Shadows - Field Biology as Art (Hardcover)
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Tracks and Shadows - Field Biology as Art (Hardcover)
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Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written,
"Tracks and Shadows" is both an absorbing autobiography of a
celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature.
Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of "Snakes: The Evolution of
Mystery in Nature," delves into the poetry of field biology,
showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a
memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of
studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of
sharing the love of nature with humanity.
Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world
and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance
driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he
describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most
profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts
and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional
impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of
snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin
and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness,
tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues
that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles
in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of
contentment.
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