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Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art

Name: Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art
Brand: University of California Press
SKU: 9780520292659
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Contributors:

Harry W. Greene

Publisher:

University of California Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Science

Book Subcategory:

Personal Memoirs, Science & Technology, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

Zoology

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Release Date:

2016-08-16

ISBN 13:

9780520292659

Weight:

0.85 lbs

Size:

8.70 x 5.80 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

296

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Description

Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity.

Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment.

About the Author
Harry W. Greene is the Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and a recipient of the E.O. Wilson Award from the American Society of Naturalists. His book Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature (UC Press), won a PEN Literary Award and was a New York Times Notable Book.