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The nature of natural history /
This classic work is an exploration of what natural history is, and a sustained effort to see how it relates to other areas of biology. Marston Bates did not attempt to overwhelm his audience with facts or overinterpret those he did use, and, perhaps for this reason, The Nature of Natural History is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1990]
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| Edición: | Princeton science library edition. |
| Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This classic work is an exploration of what natural history is, and a sustained effort to see how it relates to other areas of biology. Marston Bates did not attempt to overwhelm his audience with facts or overinterpret those he did use, and, perhaps for this reason, The Nature of Natural History is a timeless work. The author's genuine interest in the tropics has a very current feeling, and the first ten or fifteen chapters of the work have a style that is parallel to that of David Attenborough's verbal presentations of nature. From the book: ""I have already made several remarks about the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical reference and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400861545 1400861543 0691024464 9780691024462 9780691608013 0691608016 |