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Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales, Kelsey 9780520261587 Nuovo+=-
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- PublishedOn
- 2009-12-04
- Title
- Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales
- ISBN
- 9780520261587
- Book Title
- Watching Giants : the Secret Lives of Whales
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Topic
- Animals / Marine Life, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Animals / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 214 Pages
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520261585
ISBN-13
9780520261587
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72589580
Product Key Features
Book Title
Watching Giants : the Secret Lives of Whales
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Animals / Marine Life, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, Animals / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-007782
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Cogent, compassionate . . . Brilliant at pursuing seemingly unrelated trails back down the blowhole, Kelsey illuminates the "humanity" of whales.-- Publishers Weekly, Cogent, compassionate . . . Brilliant at pursuing seemingly unrelated trails back down the blowhole, Kelsey illuminates the "humanity" of whales., An appealing, agitating foray into the world of whales that ignites both protective instincts and a hungry curiosity to know more., "An appealing, agitating foray into the world of whales that ignites both protective instincts and a hungry curiosity to know more."-- Kirkus Reviews, "An appealing, agitating foray into the world of whales that ignites both protective instincts and a hungry curiosity to know more."--Kirkus Reviews, Cogent, compassionate . . . Brilliant at pursuing seemingly unrelated trails back down the blowhole, Kelsey illuminates the "humanity" of whales.--Publishers Weekly, _An appealing, agitating foray into the world of whales that ignites both protective instincts and a hungry curiosity to know more._, Cogent, compassionate . . . Brilliant at pursuing seemingly unrelated trails back down the blowhole, Kelsey illuminates the _humanity_ of whales.
Dewey Decimal
599.509164/1
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Extreme Motherhood 2. A Sea of Milk 3. Looking for Whales in All the Wrong Places 4. Resident Aliens? 5. How to Make a Really Rich Sea 6. Popular Mechanics: What Chimpanzees and Dolphins Can Teach Us about Tools 7. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Smartest One of All? 8. Building Nets from Bubbles and Other Mysterious Talents of Humpback Whales 9. Do Baby Sperm Whales Suck Milk through Their Noses? 10. Deep Culture 11. What's the Use of Granny? 12. Dolphin Snatchers 13. Friendly Mothers, Friendly Calves? 14. The War on Fish 15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big 16. What You Can See by Listening 17. What You Can Learn from the Dead 18. Let's Talk about Sex, Baby 19. Missing Meat 20. Shifting Scale Notes Index
Synopsis
Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experiences as a mother, a woman, and a scientist, takes us to the incredibly productive waters of the Gulf of California and beyond, to oceans around the world. Kelsey brings us along as she talks to leading cetacean researchers and marine ecologists about their intriguing discoveries. We encounter humpback whales that build nets from bubbles, gain a disturbing maternal perspective on the dolphin-tuna issue, uncover intimate details about whale sex, and contemplate the meaning of the complex social networks that exist in the seas. What emerges alongside these fascinating snapshots of whale culture is a dizzying sense of the tremendous speed with which we are changing the oceans' ecosystems--through overfishing, noise pollution, even real estate development. Watching Giants introduces a world of immense interconnectivity and beauty--one that is now facing imminent peril.
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