The Common But Less Frequent Loon and Other Essays - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Keith Stewart Thomson, Linda Price ThomsonPublish date:2/21/1996Pages:200
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300066548ISBN-10:0300066546UPC:9780300066548Book Category:Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:BiologySize:8.89 x 5.79 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.354Product ID:SCYC3GNHVF
These charming essays by an eminent biologist and columnist [for the American Scientist] celebrate aesthetic, literary, and intellectual aspects of science and convey what is involved in being a scientist today. Keith Thomson describes science as a great intellectual adventure-a search for why things are as they are-most rewarding when it is accompanied by an appreciation of the subtleties and aesthetic qualities of the objects studied. His book will enable nonscientists to experience the pleasures of science and scientists to become more articulate and passionate about what they do.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300066548ISBN-10:0300066546UPC:9780300066548Book Category:Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:BiologySize:8.89 x 5.79 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.354Product ID:SCYC3GNHVF
Keith Stewart Thomson (1938-2025) was a distinguished evolutionary biologist, historian, and writer. He was emeritus professor of natural history at the University of Oxford and had served as director of the Oxford Museum of Natural History, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and the Peabody Museum at Yale University, where he was also a professor and dean. He wrote many books and essays on history, history of science, evolution, and paleontology, including Before Darwin: Reconciling God and Nature; The Young Charles Darwin; The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America; and Jefferson's Shadow: The Story of His Science.
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