A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262047029ISBN-10:262047020UPC:9780262047029Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Endangered Species, Ecosystems & HabitatsBook Topic:ZoologySize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC5R81C1C3
A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
Following the trails of Hawai'i's snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction. In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai'i--once home to more than 750 species of land snails,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262047029ISBN-10:262047020UPC:9780262047029Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Endangered Species, Ecosystems & HabitatsBook Topic:ZoologySize:9.13 x 5.98 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC5R81C1C3
Thom van Dooren is a field philosopher at the University of Sydney and the University of Oslo. He is the author of Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction and The Wake of Crows: Living and Dying in Shared Worlds. Donna Haraway has called him "a leader in learning to learn without the tools of human exceptionalism."
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