An edition of The snoring bird (2007)

The snoring bird

my family's journey through a century of biology

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An edition of The snoring bird (2007)

The snoring bird

my family's journey through a century of biology

1st ed.

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  • 1 Want to read

Traces the related stories of the author's father's life, his family's past, and the ways in which his own life was shaped by the forces of nature and history, in a personal account that reveals his origins as an experimental biologist and naturalist.

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Ecco
Language
English
Pages
461

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Subjects

Biologists, Biography, Scientists, biography

People

Gerd H. Heinrich (1896-1984), Bernd Heinrich (1940-)

Places

United States

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The snoring bird: my family's journey through a century of biology
2007, Ecco
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Table of Contents

Preface -- -- pt. 1.
The Old World -- -- 1.
A visit home -- -- 2.
Borowke -- -- 3.
Boy warrior -- -- 4.
Eggs, birds, and a panther -- -- 5.
Ichneumon hunts -- -- 6.
The snoring and drumming rails -- -- 7.
A switch from light to dark -- -- 8.
War -- -- 9.
The flight -- -- 10.
In the enchanted forest -- -- 11.
Leave-taking -- -- pt. 2.
The New World -- -- 12.
The beginning -- -- 13.
The Adamses -- -- 14.
Home -- -- 15.
New jobs, old life -- -- 16.
Good will home -- -- 17.
Making the cut -- -- 18.
Year on safari -- -- 19.
War : prospects and retrospect -- -- 20.
A biology education -- -- 21.
Making a discovery -- -- 22.
Home to natural history -- -- 23.
Cutting-edge typology -- -- 24.
The Oriental and Russian manuscripts -- -- 25.
Echoes --
Epilogue --
Author's note --
Notes and references.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-461).

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New York, USA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
570.92, B
Library of Congress
QH31.H356 A3 2007, QH31.H356A3 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 461 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
461

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Open Library
OL24749689M
Internet Archive
snoringbirdmyfam00hein
ISBN 10
0060742151
ISBN 13
9780060742157
LCCN
2006050808
OCLC/WorldCat
71552476

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