num_pages: 252
description: Drawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.
language: English
title: The Unexpected Universe
titlecomplete: The Unexpected Universe
genres: Anthropology, Essays, Nature, Biology, Environment, Science, Philosophy, Science Nature, Natural History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 460
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Philosophy and Religion
publisher: Mariner Books