{"product_id":"tracks-and-shadows-field-biology-as-art-9780520232754","title":"Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art","description":"Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eTracks and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSnakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry W. Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520232754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry W. Greene\u003c\/b\u003e is the Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and a recipient of the E.O. Wilson Award from the American Society of Naturalists. His book \u003ci\u003eSnakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (UC Press), won a PEN Literary Award and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40012013994099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_72850637-5e25-4a51-9aac-e90af774ad79.jpg?v=1650491565","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/tracks-and-shadows-field-biology-as-art-9780520232754","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}