Clara Pinto-Correia: Return of the Crazy Bird

Cover: 9781441931801 | Return of the Crazy Bird | The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo | Buch

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Beschreibung

Although everybody is familiar with the dodo bird, very few people know its history. Yet this history is compelling when read as a fable of the negative impact of humans on Earth's ecosystems. The author describes the complexity of the factors involved in animal extinction. Although we think of ourselves as more ecologically aware than our ancestors, we are propelling extinction to alarming rates.

Zusammenfassung

Best-selling author Clara Pinto-Correia (THE OVARY OF EVE) shows how the human intellect and the human imagination prey on sketchy facts and images, how missing pieces and incomplete lines are merged and fused to make a story, to make a coherent whole--even where there is no coherence.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The Crazy Bird; 2. The Discovery; 3. The Emperor and the Painters; 4. Mauritius and Reunion; 5. Rodriguez; 6. The Rise of Dodology; 7. The Dodo's Second Life; Bibliography; Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xvi 208 S. 34 s/w Illustr.
ISBN-13:	9781441931801
ISBN-10:	1441931805
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Pinto-Correia, Clara
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2003
Hersteller:	Springer US Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Clara Pinto-Correia
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.10.2010
Gewicht:	0,365 kg