The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In
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John Lubbock begins with a simple observation: people looking at the same field notice different things. A farmer sees crops, a geologist fossils, and a botanist flowers. His illustrated account of the natural world, published in 1892, connects the pleasure of looking closely with explanations of animal life, plants, landscapes and the heavens. Chapters move from ants and flower structure to glaciers, river valleys, coral islands and the planets.
The mountain passage brings that approach into focus through Alpine trees, birds and changing colours. Descriptions of wooded slopes and distant peaks sit beside quotations about light, cloud and the work of people cultivating rocky ground. Scientific curiosity and literary responses to scenery share the page.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Lubbock
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 131
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online