For most people cockroaches, spiders, worms, dung beetles and hyenas are not paragons of beauty in a natural world; in fact, many would prefer that they were not there at all. But in this book an American science-writer who has won the Pulitzer Prize champions the cause of these "beasts" - the lowlifes and the brutes - in a series of articles, most of which appeared in "The New York Times", and which she has reworked into a single narrative. Aiming to convey the discoveries of contemporary biological science, the book offers a heartfelt plea for the preservation of nature on its own terms.
For most people cockroaches, spiders, worms, dung beetles and hyenas are not paragons of beauty in a natural world; in fact, many would prefer that they were not there at all. But in this book an American science-writer who has won the Pulitzer Prize champions the cause of these "beasts" - the lowlifes and the brutes - in a series of articles, most of which appeared in "The New York Times", and which she has reworked into a single narrative. Aiming to convey the discoveries of contemporary biological science, the book offers a heartfelt plea for the preservation of nature on its own terms.
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Höhe: 198 mm
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978-0-349-10769-1 (9780349107691)
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