Why would a grown man chase hornets with a thermometer, paint whirligig beetles bright red, or track elephants through the night to fill trash b... read full description
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Jul 22, 2009
Angela
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I'll be passing this book on to the kids when they're a little older. Excellent description of what being a field biologist is really like.
Just finished reading this last night and loved it, even through all the discussion of taking the thoracic temperature of insects. (Actually, that was fascinating, too; I had no idea that some insects can regulate their own temperatures, or that there are whole groups of moths which are active in the wintertime (in Maine!)) I liked this book for More...
Just finished reading this last night and loved it, even through all the discussion of taking the thoracic temperature of insects. (Actually, that was fascinating, too; I had no idea that some insects can regulate their own temperatures, or that there are whole groups of moths which are active in the wintertime (in Maine!)) I liked this book for More...
Nov 28, 2009
Nola
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This is another lovely example of Heinrich's fine writing. It covers part of his life that I had already read about in other books of his, but with totally different intriguing facts and stories. When I started to read the book, I had been afraid that he might repeat himself in this book, but there is so much depth to his life that he had entirely new material.
His ability to communicate clearly is unparalleled in my experience, and he also has a talent for fine story-telling. I would More...
His ability to communicate clearly is unparalleled in my experience, and he also has a talent for fine story-telling. I would More...
Feb 04, 2011
Katiehess
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Illuminating and fun. A life-long ecologist's tale of how life's challenges gave him a unique insight on macro-ecology.
Aug 10, 2008
Paul
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We all have that friend who's a tinkerer... who wants to know how everything works... who borrows your Nintendo and takes it apart. Well maybe that last part doesn't happen to everyone. (Thanks Brian!) This book is a direct tap into a tinkerer's brain.
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