A World in one Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity [Audiobook] download free by David Liittschwager
- Listen audiobook: A World in one Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity
- Author: David Liittschwager
- Release date: 2012/11/11
- Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780226481234
- Rating: 7.11 of 10
- Votes: 180
- Review by: Aaliyah Apodaca
- Review rating: 7.23 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/25
- Duration: 2H49M40S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPC, WMA, WAV, MP4, MP3, MPEG4, FLAC (compression ALZ, ZIP, TGZ, RPM, ISO, BZ, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 14M14S (4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 'A World in One Cubic Foot' puts the world accessibly in our hands and allows us to behold the magic of an ecosystem in miniature. Liittschwager's awe-inspiring photographs take us to places both familiar and exotic and instill new awareness of the life that abounds all around. Twelve inches by twelve inches by twelve inches, the cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit of measure compared to the whole world. With every step, we disturb and move through cubic foot after cubic foot. But behold the cubic foot in nature - from coral reefs to cloud forests to tidal pools - even in that finite space you can see the multitude of creatures that make up a vibrant ecosystem. 'For A World in One Cubic Foot', esteemed nature photographer David Liittschwager took a bright green metal cube - measuring precisely one cubic foot - and set it in various ecosystems around the world, from Costa Rica to Central Park. Working with local scientists, he measured what moved through that small space in a period of twenty-four hours. He then photographed the cube's setting and the plant, animal, and insect life inside it - anything visible to the naked eye.The result is a stunning portrait of the amazing diversity that can be found in ecosystems around the globe. Many organisms captured in Liittschwager's photographs have rarely, if ever, been presented in their full splendor to the general reader, and the singular beauty of these images evocatively conveys the richness of life around us and the essential need for its conservation. The breathtaking images are accompanied by equally engaging essays that speak to both the landscapes and the worlds contained within them, from distinguished contributors such as Elizabeth Kolbert and Alan Huffman, in addition to a foreword by E. O. Wilson. After encountering this book, you will never look at the tiniest sliver of your own backyard or neighborhood park the same way; instead, you will be stunned by the unexpected variety of species found in an area so small.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Ecological Science, The Biosphere, Photographs: Collections, Wildlife: General Interest, Natural History Books, Biodiversity, Applied Ecology
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 83.12 USD
- Dimensions: 305x305x25.4mm
- Weight: 2,041.17g
- Printed by: University of Chicago Press
- Published in: Chicago, United States
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