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The Beauty of the Beastly: The New Views of the Nature of Life
The Beauty of the Beastly The New Views of the Nature of Life Author:Natalie Angier Cockroaches, spiders, parasites, worms, rattlesnakes, hyenas and scorpions are not, for most people, paragons of beauty in the natural world, and most people would rather they did not exist at all. But Natalie Angier, one of America's foremost science writers, believes the attraction of nature lies in the details, diversity and infinit... more »e possiblity of the animal kingdom, where the 'beasts' can be beautiful and the 'beauties' beastly. In The Beauty of the Beastly, dung beetles are revealed as peerless environmentalists and dolphins as mean-spirited creatures who slash each other's flesh.
Bringing together in one compelling narrative a series of fascinating and beautifully written essays, Natalie Angier vividly conveys the discoveries of contemporary biological science in a heartfelt plan for the preservation of nature on its own terms.« less