More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine

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Author: Patlak, Margie

Brand: Globe Pequot Press

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 224

Release Date: 01-05-2021

Part Number: 9781608937530

Details: Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category!

For award-winning science writer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarch caterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits of life and what is passed between generations. Tides show how fleeting time is, and clouds and weather reveal greater forces that take away all illusions of control. She also explores the continental collisions that thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking on how animals navigate; and exults in the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope. Even moose, fox, and fishers reveal more than meets the eye.These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language Patlak translates with her scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the nature of life.

EAN: 9781608937530

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English

More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine

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    Description

    Author: Patlak, Margie

    Brand: Globe Pequot Press

    Binding: paperback

    Number Of Pages: 224

    Release Date: 01-05-2021

    Part Number: 9781608937530

    Details: Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category!

    For award-winning science writer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarch caterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits of life and what is passed between generations. Tides show how fleeting time is, and clouds and weather reveal greater forces that take away all illusions of control. She also explores the continental collisions that thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking on how animals navigate; and exults in the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope. Even moose, fox, and fishers reveal more than meets the eye.These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language Patlak translates with her scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the nature of life.

    EAN: 9781608937530

    Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches

    Languages: English

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