A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park

Title
  1. A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park / Edward O. Wilson ; photographs by Piotr Naskrecki.
Published by
  1. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Author
  1. Wilson, Edward O.

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Additional authors
  1. Naskrecki, Piotr.
Description
  1. xix, 149 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm +
Summary
  1. "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"--
Subject
  1. Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) > Pictorial works
  2. Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) > Description and travel
  3. Restoration ecology > Mozambique > Parque Nacional da Gorongosa
  4. Natural history > Mozambique > Parque Nacional da Gorongosa
  5. Nature conservation > Mozambique > Parque Nacional da Gorongosa
  6. NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
  7. NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General
  8. Parque Nacional da Gorongosa (Mozambique) > Environmental conditions
  9. Biodiversity > Mozambique > Parque Nacional da Gorongosa
  10. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JFE 14-7673
Note
  1. "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso.
  2. Includes index.
Author
  1. Wilson, Edward O.
Title
  1. A window on eternity : a biologist's walk through Gorongosa National Park / Edward O. Wilson ; photographs by Piotr Naskrecki.
Publisher
  1. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition
  1. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
  2. video
Type of carrier
  1. volume
  2. videodisc
Added author
  1. Naskrecki, Piotr.
LCCN
  1. 2013032607
ISBN
  1. 9781476747415
  2. 1476747415
Research call number
  1. JFE 14-7673
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