Natural acts : a sidelong view of science and nature /
Quammen, David,1948-
New York ; London : W. W. Norton,
2009, c2008.
Previous ed.: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New, Retrospective Introduction: Learning Curve (2007) -- Old, Ingenuous Introduction: An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles (1985) -- All God's Vermin --   Sympathy for the Devil (1981) --   Has Success Spoiled the Crow? (1983) --   The Widow Knows (1982) --   The Troubled Gaze of the Octopus (1984) --   Avatars of the Soul in Malaya (1984) --   Rumors of a Snake (1984) --   Wool of Bat (1982) -- Prophets and Pariahs --   The Excavation of Jack Horner (1984) --   The Lives of Eugène Marais (1981) --   The Man with the Metal Nose (1983) --   Animal Rights and Beyond (1984) --   Alias Benowitz Shoe Repair (1983) --   The Tree People (1984) -- Eloquent Practices, Natural Acts --   Love's Martyrs (1983) --   A Deathly Chill (1983) --   Is Sex Necessary? (1982) --   Desert Sanitaire (1983) --   Jeremy Bentham, the Pietà, and a Precious Few Grayling (1982) --   Yin and Yang in the Tularosa Basin (1985) -- After Thoughts --   Planet of Weeds (1998) --   The River Jumps Over the Mountain (2002) --   The Post-Communist Wolf (2000) --   The Megatransect (2000-2001) --   A Passion for Order (2007) --   Citizen Wiley (2006) --   Clone Your Troubles Away (2005)
Natural history