By Harry W. Greene
University of California Press, October 2013
These days, with a constant stream of news announcing whiz-bang technologies from labs around the world, startling biological insights gleaned from model organisms, and experiments that lift the veil on the very fabric of our universe, it’s too easy to forget that science started outdoors. Our forbearers studied the world around them as they scratched out their existence in unforgiving environments and eventually observed the natural world for the sake of observing.
Harry Greene conjures the spirit of that embryonic curiosity in Tracks and Shadows, a book that chronicles his own journey from curious child to renowned snake biologist, while celebrating the wonder and wisdom of nature. Greene invites readers into his most intimate thoughts on the beauty and harshness of the living world and highlights the importance of engendering an appreciation of nature in future generations. The writing in ...
