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In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the Fieldby Bernd Heinrich
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: Why would a grown man chase hornets with a thermometer, paint whirligig beetles bright red, or track elephants through the night to fill trash bags with their prodigious droppings? Some might say--to advance science. Heinrich says--because it's fun. Bernd Heinrich, author of the much acclaimed Bumblebee Economics, has been playing in the wilds of one continent or another all his life. In the process, he has become one of the world's foremost physiological ecologists. With In a Patch of Fireweed, he will undoubtedly become one of our foremost writers of popular science. Part autobiography, part case study in the ways of field biology, In a Patch of Fireweed is an endlessly fascinating account of a scientist's life and work. For the author, it is an opportunity to report not just his results but the curiosity, humor, error, passion, and competitiveness that feed into the process of discovery. For the reader, it is simply a delight, a rare chance to share the perceptions of an unusual mind fully in tune with the inner workings of nature. Before his years of research in the woodlands and deserts of North America, the New Guinea highlands, and the plains of East Africa, Heinrich had a sense of the wild that few people in this century can know. He tells the whole story, from his refugee childhood hidden in a German forest, eating mice fried in boar fat, to his ongoing research in the woods surrounding his cabin in Maine. Book News Annotation:Part autobiography, part case study in the ways of field biology,
this is a fascinating account of Heinrich's (zoology, U. of Vermont,
Burlington) life and work, as he reports not just his results but the
curiosity, humor, error, passion, and competitiveness that feed the
process of discovery.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Part autobiography, part case study in the ways of field biology, 'In a Patch of Fireweed' is an endlessly fascinating account of a scientist's life and work. For the author, it is an opportunity to report not just his results but the curiosity, humor, error, passion, and competitiveness that feed the process of discovery. About the AuthorBernd Heinrich is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont. He has written several memoirs of his life in science and nature, including One Man’s Owl, and Ravens in Winter. Bumblebee Economics was twice a nominee for the American Book Award in Science, and A Year in the Maine Woods won the 1995 Rutstrum Authors’ Award for Literary Excellence. Table of Contents Flight into the Forest Maine Tanganyika Bird Hunt The Thesis Hunt In a Patch of Fireweed Capitalist Bees Honeybee Swarms Africa Dung Beetles Whirligigs Caterpillar Diners Pit Trappers Bald-Faced Hunters Counting Yellowjackets Hunting Winter Moths Life on My Hill What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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