Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature

Name: Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature
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ISBN: 9780393321500

ISBN-10: 0393321509

ISBN-13: 9780393321500

Edition: 2001

Authors: Hampton Sides, Outside Magazine Editors, Jason Schneider

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Focusing on natural history and outdoor lore, this collection ranges from the gothic to the comic to the cosmic. It asks simple questions about aspects of nature that many of us haven't thought to question since we were children.

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List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.82" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Hampton Sides, contributing editor of "Outside" & editor of "The Wild File," is also the author of "Ghost Soldiers". He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.



The feral circus Introduction and acknowledgments



Life forms


Faunal knowledge Farces of nature from the animal kingdom


That's fowl! Researches on the wing


Biodivertissement Kinks and links in the great chain of life



Humans in nature, nature in humans


Homo imperfectus Deficits and design flaws of human physiology


Outlore Dubious figures and indubitable facts of natural history


High camp Sage counsel for backroad and backcountry


Time to chill Cold realities from the dead of winter



Worldywise


Terra informa Cartographic crannies and continental quirks


Earthistentialism A few world-class enigmas


H2-oh! Fluid thoughts on the nature of water


Up on the roof High concepts about mountains



Up there


Nature's ticked! Shocking truths from the meteorological vault


Did i just see that? Freaky phenomena in the skies


Moonstruck Lunar reflections


Billions and billions Probing deep space



Further life forms


Scales and tails Dispatches from reptilia, amphibia


Insectascience All creatures creep and crawl


Piscine pondering Submerged facts about fish


Green genes Good dirt from the plant world


Index