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A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park

Title
A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park / Edward O. Wilson ; photographs by Piotr Naskrecki.
Author
Wilson, Edward O.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Additional Authors
Naskrecki, Piotr.
Description
xix, 149 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm +
Summary
"E.O. Wilson, one of the most celebrated scientists in the United States, shows why biodiversity is vital to the future of Earth and to our own species through the story of an African national park that may be the most diverse place on earth, in a gorgeously illustrated book"--
Subjects
Note
  • "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso.
  • Includes index.
Contents
Prologue: The Search for Eternity -- The Sacred Mountain of Mozambique -- Once There Were Giants -- War and Redemption -- Dung and Blood -- The Twenty-Foot Crocodile -- The Elephant Whisperer -- The House of Spiders -- The Clash of Insect Civilizations -- The Log of an Entomological Expedition -- The Struggle for Existence -- The Conservation of Eternity.
Call Number
JFE 14-7673
ISBN
  • 9781476747415
  • 1476747415
LCCN
2013032607
OCLC
2013032607
Author
Wilson, Edward O.
Title
A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park / Edward O. Wilson ; photographs by Piotr Naskrecki.
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Type of Content
text
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
unmediated
video
Type of Carrier
volume
videodisc
Added Author
Naskrecki, Piotr.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-7673
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