Naming Nature by Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world.
"Impossible to put down" -- Booklist
"Brightly blending scientific expertise with personal experience, Yoon is an outstanding science writer who takes a seemingly dull topic and rivets unsuspecting readers to the page." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Evolutionary biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon makes the case for looking, touching, listening, making our own imperfect sense of the marvels that surround us. Like Darwin, Yoon can find the beauty in a barnacle, and her book—lush with biology, biography, and folklore—is a sensuous delight to read." -- Cathleen Medwick - O Magazine
"Starred Review. Yoon’s invitation for laypeople to reclaim their umwelt, to ‘take one step closer to the living world’ and accept as valid the ‘wondrous variety in the ordering of life’ is optimistic, exhilarating, and revolutionary." -- Publishers Weekly
"Brightly blending scientific expertise with personal experience, Yoon is an outstanding science writer who takes a seemingly dull topic and rivets unsuspecting readers to the page." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Evolutionary biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon makes the case for looking, touching, listening, making our own imperfect sense of the marvels that surround us. Like Darwin, Yoon can find the beauty in a barnacle, and her book—lush with biology, biography, and folklore—is a sensuous delight to read." -- Cathleen Medwick - O Magazine
"Starred Review. Yoon’s invitation for laypeople to reclaim their umwelt, to ‘take one step closer to the living world’ and accept as valid the ‘wondrous variety in the ordering of life’ is optimistic, exhilarating, and revolutionary." -- Publishers Weekly
Carol Kaesuk Yoon received her Ph.D. PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University and has been writing about biology for The New York Times since 1992. Her articles have also appeared in Science, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Yoon has taught writing as a Visiting Scholar at Cornell University’s John S. Knight Writing Program, working with professors to help teach critical thinking in biology classes. She has also served as a science education consultant to Microsoft. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393061970 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393061973 |
| Title | Naming Nature |
| Author | Carol Kaesuk Yoon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2010-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Winner of Washington State Book Award (General Nonfiction) 2010, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2009 |
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