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Ecofiction (also "eco-fiction" or "eco fiction") is the branch of literature that encompasses nature or environment-oriented works of fiction. [1] While this super genre's roots are seen in classic, pastoral, magical realism, animal metamorphoses, science fiction, and other genres, the term ecofiction did not become popular until the 1960s when various movements created the platform for an ...
A Nature Conservation Review (2 volumes) Derek Ratcliffe: 1977: Nature conservation: ISBN 0-521-21159-X: Nature, Place, and Story: Rethinking Historic Sites in Canada: Claire Elizabeth Campbell: 2017 Historic sites; human and environmental history: ISBN 9780773551251: The Navajo People and Uranium Mining: Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, Esther ...
No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality [1] is a book by psychology researcher Judith Rich Harris. It was published in February 2006. It was published in February 2006. Harris attempts to explain why people are so different in personality, even identical twins who grow up in the same home.
The Book of Nature is a religious and philosophical concept originating in the Latin Middle Ages that explores the relationship between religion and science, which views nature as a book for knowledge and understanding. Early theologians, such as St. Paul, [1] believed the Book of Nature was a source of God's revelation to
Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis, in their book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, name Bartram as "the first naturalist who penetrated the dense tropical forests of Florida." [7] Another early illustrated work of nature writing was A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, "Land ...
[Book 3] [4] The work originally had eight books, but the book on the Nile (book 4a) is missing the second part, whereas the book concerning Hail and Snow (book 4b) is missing the first half. [2] These two books have been joined by tradition to become book 4. The contents of these seven books are as follows: [3] meteors, halos, rainbows, mock ...
The first three chapters of the book lay out the theoretical framework of Zaller's "Receive-Accept-Sample" (RAS) model. [citation needed] Ch1. Introduction: The fragmented state of opinion research. The book's objective is to explain how individuals process information to formulate their opinion.
The book is one of the earliest works to document the effects of human action on the environment, and it helped to launch the modern conservation movement. Marsh is remembered by scholars as a profound and observant student of men, books and nature, with a wide range of interests ranging from history to poetry and literature. His wide array of ...