Rebecca Nesbit

Gebundenes Buch

Tickets for the Ark

From wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save?

Beschreibung

A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark?

Autor

Rebecca Nesbit is an ecologist and author, writing on science and the ethical questions it raises, in particular in relation to conservation. She is the author of Is that Fish in your Tomato?, which explored the benefits and the risks of genetically modified foods. After graduating from Durham University, she worked in scientific research, chiefly on butterfly migrations, before working on a program training honeybees to detect explosives. She has worked for the Royal Society of Biology and Nobel, and is a contributor to Scientific American, The Biologist and Popular Science .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8096
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 145mm x 222mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781788167079
• ISBN-10: 1788167074
• Artikelnr.: 62535348

Rezensionen

Thought-provoking and topical ... an illuminating analysis of where human efforts may best be directed Observer