More Than Meets the Eye : Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1608937534
ISBN-13
9781608937530
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint
Down East Books,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2021
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
356 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Deltas, estuaries, coastal regionsThe Earth: natural history generalTravel & holiday
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For award-winning science writer Margie Pitlak, exploring the unique nature of theMaine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarchcaterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits oflife and what passes between generations. She explores the violent geologic collisionsthat thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking onhow animals navigate; reflects on the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope andthe dogfish heart that continued to beat while held in the palm of her hand. She looks atmoose, fox, fishers, and the tides as well, and shares a chapter about cleaning up theMaine coast by kayak. These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language that istranslated by scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the natureof life.
For award-winning science writer Margie Pitlak, exploring the unique nature of theMaine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarchcaterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits oflife and what passes between generations. She explores the violent geologic collisionsthat thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking onhow animals navigate; reflects on the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope andthe dogfish heart that continued to beat while held in the palm of her hand. She looks atmoose, fox, fishers, and the tides as well, and shares a chapter about cleaning up theMaine coast by kayak. These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language that istranslated by scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the natureof life.
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