A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park
2014
Book + DVD
"E.O. Wilson, one of the most celebrated scientists in the United States, shows why biodiversity is vital to the future of Earth and to our own species through the story of an African national park that may be the most diverse place on earth, in a gorgeously illustrated book"--Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781476747415
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xix, 149 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches)
Notes:
- "Includes DVD The Guide by academy award-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- Prologue: The Search for Eternity
- The Sacred Mountain of Mozambique
- Once There Were Giants
- War and Redemption
- Dung and Blood
- The Twenty-Foot Crocodile
- The Elephant Whisperer
- The House of Spiders
- The Clash of Insect Civilizations
- The Log of an Entomological Expedition
- The Struggle for Existence
- The Conservation of Eternity.
Control Number: 963128
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster, 2014.Subjects:
- Biodiversity -- Mozambique -- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa.
- Natural history -- Mozambique -- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa.
- Nature conservation -- Mozambique -- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa.
- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) -- Description and travel.
- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) -- Environmental conditions.
- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) -- Pictorial works.
- Restoration ecology -- Mozambique -- Parque Nacional da Gorongosa.
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