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Field Notes on Science & Nature

Edited by Michael R. Canfield

Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

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HARDCOVER

$57.00 • £49.95 • €51.95

ISBN 9780674057579

Publication Date: 05/30/2011

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320 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

87 color illustrations, 43 halftones

World

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Michael R. Canfield is Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.

Edward O. Wilson (1929–2021) was Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Awards & Accolades

  • 2011 Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence, Biological Sciences Category
  • A Barnes & Noble Review Editors’ Pick for Best Reading of 2011
  • A Barnes & Noble Best of 2011 Selection (“Quirky, Beautiful, Different” Category)
  • A Brain Pickings Best Science Book of 2011

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