Sounding of the Whale - Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor D. Graham Burnett is professor of history and history of science at Princeton University! where he teaches in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities and directs graduate studies in the Program in History of Science. He is an editor at Cabinet magazine and the author of four books. Klappentext Tells the story of the transformation of cetaceans from grotesque monsters! useful only as wallowing kegs of fat and fertilizer! to playful friends of humanity! bellwethers of environmental devastation! and! finally! totems of the counterculture in the Age of Aquarius. "A very good book."--Larry McMurtry "Harper's " Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the transformation of cetaceans from grotesque monsters! useful only as wallowing kegs of fat and fertilizer! to playful friends of humanity! bellwethers of environmental devastation! and! finally! totems of the counterculture in the Age of Aquarius.

Product details

• Authors: D. Graham Burnett, Burnett D. Graham, D. Graham Burnett
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2013
• EAN: 9780226100579
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10057-9
• No. of pages: 824
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)