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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"A picture book biography about naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), who defied social conventions and pursued the study of science. She pioneered a movement to encourage schools to conduct science and nature classes for children outdoors, thereby increasing students' interest in nature" --
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
208 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
In fifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams (beloved author of "Refuge") creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals .. and what it means to have a voice beyond a selfless existence informed by children and a husband.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
In the exploding world of citizen science, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are monitoring climate change, tracking bird migration, and following their bliss counting stardust for NASA or excavating mastodons. The sheer number of citizen scientists, combined with new technology, has begun to shape how research is conducted. Non-professionals become acknowledged experts: dentists turn into astronomers and accountants into botanists. Diary of a Citizen...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 21 cm
Description
A rich and rollicking first novel from one of America's most beloved and widely acclaimed nature writers, Robert Michael Pyle In Magdalena Mountain , Robert Michael Pyle's first and long-awaited novel, the award-winning naturalist proves he is as at home in an imagined landscape as he is in the natural one. At the center of this story of majesty and high mountain magic are three Magdalenas--Mary, a woman whose uncertain journey opens the book; Magdalena...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 473 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Description
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces counties, towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes, racing through Siberia, or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science. Among Humboldt's most revolutionary ideas was a radical...
6) Naturalist
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
xii, 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cm.
Description
Describes the life and scientific career of Charles Darwin, especially his theory of evolution which was published in his famous book in 1859: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 309 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Description
On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the "long eighteenth century", naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world. This enthralling book is the first to describe the adventures and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Tells the story of pioneering birder and activist Florence Merriam Bailey, whose compassionate approach to nature influenced modern bird-watching and inspired a lasting sense of curiosity and respect for the world's feathered creatures.
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