The Journals Of Gilbert White 1784 1793
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The Journals Of Gilbert White 1784 1793
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Author : Gilbert White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Journals Of Gilbert White 1784 1793 written by Gilbert White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Natural history categories.
The Journals Of Gilbert White 1784 1793
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Author : Gilbert White
language : en
Publisher: Century
Release Date : 1989-01-01
The Journals Of Gilbert White 1784 1793 written by Gilbert White and has been published by Century this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Naturalists categories.
Loving And Studying Nature
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Author : Malcolm Skilbeck
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-05
Loving And Studying Nature written by Malcolm Skilbeck and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-05 with Education categories.
This volume investigates crucial ways in which nature has been apprehended, understood and valued in different cultures and over time. It is grounded in current global concerns about growing threats to the natural environment. Through a critical appraisal of specific examples, it ranges widely over historical and contemporary attitudes and behaviours. It presents a wide ranging analysis of selected ideas and attitudes in the evolution mainly of western civilisation, from the time of the cave artists to the present day. It argues for preservation and conservation of the natural resources and beauty of the earth in the face of religious supernatural arguments and the rise of consumer capitalism and consumerism.
The Selborne Pioneer
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Author : Ted Dadswell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
The Selborne Pioneer written by Ted Dadswell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with History categories.
Gilbert White's name is known universally but, as Ted Dadswell insists in this book, important aspects of his work have frequently been overlooked even by scholarly editors. The Selborne naturalist (1720-1793) has been described as 'a prince of personal observers'; but a shrewd analytical questioning and comparing was also typical of his 'natural knowledge'. Exceptional even in his general aims, White studied the behaviour, the 'manners' and 'conversation', of his animals and plants. He saw, moreover, that an animal or plant and indeed a parish such as his own, was unitary in operation; again and again, a cause had numerous effects and an effect numerous causes. Observation could go forward in circumstances such as these, if one was both sharp-eyed and patient, but how could true investigation be managed? How could a particular cause or effect be isolated or tested? Here what Dadswell calls White's 'comparative habit' was put to good use. Gilbert White was a careful keeper of records, and using these comparatively he 'appealed to controls' while examining his living creatures. Questioning and testing even the 'entirely usual', White was brought back repeatedly to the notion of adaptability. His zoological findings often concerned 'changed or changing' animals (or birds) and their social and inter-personal relationships. Today, we can seem particularly well placed to appreciate his methods and factual claims; our 'ethologists' and ecologists have - seemingly - corroborated much of what he did. And yet just this corroboration renders him the more mysterious. To properly assess White as naturalist, we must be able to approach him not only scientifically but also historically. He hoped for the emergence of teams of behavioural workers but did not try to pre-empt what would be achieved only by such teams, and while he 'saw with his own eyes', as his friend John Mulso says, he was substantially affected by certain of his contemporaries and predecessors. His journals and notebooks show us the naturalist at work. When a perhaps unexpected combination of influences is allowed for, his 'unique' activities can be at least partially explained.
Wild Track
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Author : Seán Street
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2023-06-15
Wild Track written by Seán Street and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Wild Track is an exploration of birdsong and the ways in which that sound was conveyed, described and responded to through text, prior to the advent of recording and broadcast technologies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Street links sound aesthetics, radio, natural history, and literature to explore how the brain and imagination translate sonic codes as well as the nature of the silent sound we "hear" when we read a text. This creates an awareness of sound through the tuned attention of the senses, learning from sound texts of the natural world that sought and seek to convey the intensity of the sonic moment and fleeting experience. To absorb these lessons is to enable a more highly interactive relationship with sound and listening, and to interpret the subtleties of audio as a means of expression and translation of the living world.
A Mist Connection
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Author : Katrin Kleemann
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-06-06
A Mist Connection written by Katrin Kleemann and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-06 with History categories.
In the summer of 1783, an unusual dry fog descended upon large parts of the northern hemisphere. The fog brought with it bloodred sunsets, a foul sulfuric odor, and a host of other peculiar weather events. Inspired by the Enlightenment, many naturalists attempted to find reasonable explanations for these occurrences. Between 8 June 1783 and 7 February 1784, a 27-kilometer-long fissure volcano erupted in the Icelandic highlands. It produced the largest volume of lava released by any volcanic eruption on planet Earth in the last millennium. In Iceland, the eruption led to the death of one-fifth of the population. The jetstream carried its volcanic gases further afield to Europe and beyond, where they settled as a fog, the origin of which puzzled naturalists and laypersons. "A Mist Connection" is an environmental history that documents the Laki eruption and its consequences for Iceland and the wider world. The book combines methods of historical disaster research, climate history, global history, history of science, and geology in an interdisciplinary approach. Icelandic flood lava eruptions of this scale have a statistical recurrence period of 200 to 500 years; it is crucial to understand their nature so that we can prepare for the next one. An eruption of this magnitude would surely be disastrous for our modern, globalized, and interconnected world.
Letters To Gilbert White Of Selborne
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Author : John Mulso
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Letters To Gilbert White Of Selborne written by John Mulso and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with History categories.
The fascinating and revealing letters, published in 1907, of John Mulso to his friend, naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93).
A Bibliography Of Gilbert White With A Biography And A Descriptive Account Of The Village Of Selborne Revised Ed
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Author : Gilbert White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
A Bibliography Of Gilbert White With A Biography And A Descriptive Account Of The Village Of Selborne Revised Ed written by Gilbert White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Gilbert White And His Records
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Author : Paul G. M. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Christopher Helm Publishing Company
Release Date : 1988
Gilbert White And His Records written by Paul G. M. Foster and has been published by Christopher Helm Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gilbert White S Journals
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Author : Gilbert White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Gilbert White S Journals written by Gilbert White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Natural history categories.