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The Shock of the New
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| Date: | 2011-12-15 22:06:15 |
| Blog: | State of the Planet  |
| URL: | http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/15/the-shock-of-the-new/ |
Summary:
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a host of naturalist-explorers traveled around the globe in a quest to identify new species. We interview science writer Richard Conniff, who evokes this grand age of discovery in The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth, just released in paperback.Content analysis:
Keywords:
Ecosystems, evokes, Fools, grand age, Mad Pursuit, new species, nineteenth centuries, paperback, quest, Shock, Species Seekers, writer richard conniff
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