A Naturalist at Large
The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
"From the acclaimed scientist and writer, essays collected for the first time in book form, on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more: once again 'passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.'(New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Life in the soil -- Rock-solid foundation -- The spreading chestnut tree -- When the bough bends -- O tannenbaum -- Reading tree leaves -- Hot- and cold-blooded moths -- Woolly and wondrous -- Winter guests -- Arctic bumble bees -- Beating the heat, and killing with heat -- Bee-lining vs. bee homing -- Beetles and blooms -- Cooperative undertaking -- Whirligig beetles -- Ravens on my mind -- A birdbrain nevermore -- Ravens and the inaccessible -- Phoebe diary -- Conversation with a sapsucker -- Hawk watching -- Kinglets' realm of cold -- The diabolical nightjar -- Nutcracker sweets -- Hibernation, insulation and caffeination -- Cohabiting with elephants -- The hunt -- Endurance predator -- Synchronicity -- What bees and flowers know -- Curious yellow -- Twists and turns -- Birds coloring their eggs -- Birds, bees, and beauty -- Seeing the light in the forest -- Optimism.
Subjects:
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Essays. Selections.
Natural history -- Popular works.
Science -- Popular works.
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Essays. Selections.
Natural history -- Popular works.
Science -- Popular works.
ISBN:
9780544986831
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Essays Hei | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.