Wild Science (eBook)

Unexpected Encounters When Working in Nature

Helen P. Waudby (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
216 Seiten
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-1765-3 (ISBN)

Infos

What's it like to study polar bears in the wild? How do you raise children among large carnivores? And how do you find a frog that no-one has seen for 40 years?From deserts to rainforests and even the polar Arctic, scientists venture into the field to collect, observe and study the world s organisms and the environments they live in. But even with the best planning, unexpected weather, unpredictable animals and unforeseen encounters can occur.Wild Science: Unexpected Encounters When Working in Nature explores the precarious, hilarious and thought-provoking stories behind the science . It shows the value of these experiences, even when things don t go right, and the importance of fieldwork for understanding our own place in the world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: Biology • conservation • Ecology • field work • Fieldwork anecdotes • Natural History • Popular science • Science • True stories
• ISBN-10: 1-4863-1765-0 / 1486317650
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4863-1765-3 / 9781486317653