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Natural acts
a sidelong view of science & nature
By Quammen, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-39305-805-5
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 31, 2008
Quammen's writing style is so delightful that his content could almost be secondary. Happily, the author (most recently of The Reluctant Mr. Darwin) and his subjects are equally engaging: from a light-hearted trope on crows, whom he surmises are "too intelligent for their station in life"; to the dead-serious issue of human cloning, which he labels "perniciously stupid"; to a ha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
