The ghost with trembling wings : science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species / Scott...
The ghost with trembling wings : science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species / Scott...
The ghost with trembling wings : science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species / Scott Weidensaul.
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Publisher
New York : North Point Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N591.68/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
341 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Ghost with Trembling Wings -- 2. Proving a Negative -- 3. Chance and Calculation -- 4. The Noble Living -- 5. The ABC's of Ghost Cats -- 6. Cruising the Crypto-fringe -- 7. The Brothers and the Bull -- 8. Test-tube Babies -- 9. The Tiger That Isn't -- 10. Sweat Bees Ate Our Earwax.
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New York : North Point Press, 2002.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"In The Ghost with Trembling Wings, naturalist Scott Weidensaul pursues these stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections. The search takes Weidensaul to the rain forests of the Caribbean and Brazil in pursuit of long-lost birds, to the rugged mountains of Tasmania for the striped, wolflike marsupial...
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The ghost with trembling wings : science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species / Scott Weidensaul.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-321).
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N591.68/1
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74Vvj0NJ8zWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvj0NJ8zWd
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ISBN
0865476683
9780374246648 (hc. : alk. paper)
0374246645 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780865476684
DDC
591.68
578.68
MMS ID
991015287069702626
