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Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman -- a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds. Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Examines the contributions of pioneering scientists to the modern understanding of how Earth and the planet's life evolved, recounting such important events as Darwin's trip around the world, Charles Walcott's discovery of pre-Cambrian life, and the Leakeys' probe into humankind's remote past.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Darwin{u2019}s revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin{u2019}s birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Newly single and without a college degree, Cassie is in desperate need of a paycheck and lies on her résumé to get a job with Conner, a professor of animal behavior at an elite college, but her new life is about to unravel after she discovers a rare bird on a nature preserve.
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Biophilia-the love of life-encompasses the drive to survive, a sense of kinship with all life-forms, and an instinct for beauty. In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin's life and thought in deeply original ways. In a set of interrelated essays, she considers how the love of life enabled him to see otherwise unseen evolutionary truths. Harel traces the influence of biophilia on Darwin's views of dogs,...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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. Beil offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one of modern science's founding thinkers.
18) The naturalist
Publisher
High Plains Films
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Documents the work and philosophy of naturalist Kent Bonar, who has spent his life observing and recording the natural history of the Arkansas and Missouri Ozarks. Includes theatrical trailer and trailers for other High Plains Films.
20) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and work of the British biologist made famous by his controversial theory of natural selection.
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