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Title: WILD THOUGHTS FROM WILD PLACES by David Quammen ISBN: 0-684-85208-X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 16 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing
Comment: Mr. Quammen has made science seem like the most exciting fiction. Finally someone!
Rating: 5
Summary: surprising philosophy and natural history
Comment: I bought this book just before going on a 2 week trip to Chile for scientific research. It surprised me. The essays were often on topics which I thought I had no interest-trout- but Quammen gives the subject an interesting philosphical slant.
I read alot of natural history books and these essays were not the usual style of writing that I have come to expect. Quammen incorporates science, history, and philosophy into his writing. I liked some of the essays so much I wished that he had gone into greater detail! And i will be looking up some of the references he cites at the end of his book! It was a great companion for 4 cloudy nights on a mt in chile.
Rating: 5
Summary: Natural Acts is a truly incredible book.
Comment: I picked up 'Natural Acts' at the library's paperback book-swap. I only grabbed it because the first few pages seemed a bit humorous and witty. Upon further review, I realized that I was dealing with no ordinary author (if any of them can be called ordinary).
David Quammen has an unparalleled flair for putting nature in its place. By the end of 'Natural Acts' you'll be happily convinced that this world is as mystical and comical as you thought it was.
Some of my favorite topics in the book include (in my own words): The (exaggerated)Size of Anacondas, The Intelligent Crow, Why Are There So Many Damned Beetles?, and that whole 'Why Would Someone Drink Their Own Urine?' thing.
'Natural Acts' is a very intelligent and hilarious look at nature. I routinely recommend this book to anyone I find remotely interested in science.
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Title: Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen ISBN: 0393051404 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000 by David Quammen, Burkhard Bilger ISBN: 0618082956 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 26 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature by David Quammen ISBN: 0380717387 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons by David Quammen ISBN: 1555662722 Publisher: Johnson Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Biophilia by Edward Osborne Wilson ISBN: 0674074424 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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