Scott Weidensaul
Auteur van Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds
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Scott Weidensaul is the author of Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (North Point Press, 1999), which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and nearl two dozen other books
Fotografie: Amy Weidensaul/author's website
Werken van Scott Weidensaul
The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America (2012) 264 exemplaren
The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species (2002) 192 exemplaren
The Raptor Almanac: A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures (1662) 38 exemplaren
Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean (Peterson Reference Guides) (2015) 34 exemplaren
The Birder's Miscellany: A Fascinating Collection of Facts, Figures, and Folklore from the World of Birds (1991) 33 exemplaren
Practical Nature Lover's Guide 5 exemplaren
Owls - Peterson Reference Guide 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1959
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Agent
- Peter Matson (Sterling Lord Literistic)
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A world on the wing : the global odyssey of… door Scott Weidensaul
A great survey of some important migration research, enlivened by the authors first hand accounts of bear and bird and human encounters along the way. Couldn’t quite wrap my mind around how quantum entanglement works in bird migration
Really a survey of some extinct animals and a bit of a travelogue. Have an iPad handy so you can look up the creatures mentioned. Some people object to the cryptozoology he included, but honestly, I think the hunt for the thylacine is pretty much equivalent now to the hunt for Nessie or sasquatch
This book is all over the map, both literally and figuratively. The Appalachian mountains are an extensive chain, and Weidensaul wants to cover all of it, including those parts that are only technically (i.e., geologically) included in it. Consequently, the book strikes me as unfocused, and therefore only moderately satisfying.
I didn't get very far into this before I gave up. It was too much "what I did on my summer vacation" and not enough "here are some cool facts about birds."
In writing about science (or any expert topic) for a popular audience, it's really hard to get the right balance of science and narrative to keep the information interesting, and different readers are going to have different preferences for how much personal narrative they want in their books about science. I generally just don't like a lot of personal narrative, so this book didn't work for me.… (meer)
In writing about science (or any expert topic) for a popular audience, it's really hard to get the right balance of science and narrative to keep the information interesting, and different readers are going to have different preferences for how much personal narrative they want in their books about science. I generally just don't like a lot of personal narrative, so this book didn't work for me.… (meer)
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