Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donal...
Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donal...
Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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N704.94328/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxvii, 199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Contents
Foreword: Art, Science, and Birds / Paul R. Ehrlich -- Preface: What Is Science Art? -- Introduction. A Gallery of Science Art -- Gallery Guide -- Lower Gallery. Bird Art over the Millennia -- Room 1. Birds as Icons -- Room 2. Birds as Resources for Human Use -- Room 3. Birds as Teaching Tools -- Ro...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book invites readers to enter a two-floor virtual "gallery" where 60-plus images of birds reflecting the accomplishments of human pictorial history are on display. These are works in a genre the authors term Science Art - that is, art that says something about the natural world and how it works. Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy show how these...
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Full title
Humans, nature, and birds : science art from cave walls to computer screens / Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy ; foreword by Paul R. Ehrlich.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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Call Numbers
N704.94328/1
Record Identifier
74VMQ0APWOwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQ0APWOwX
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ISBN
9780300123883 (alk. paper)
0300123884 (alk. paper)
DDC
704.94328
MMS ID
991000600589702626
