Andrew W. Mitchell
Autore di The Young Naturalist
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Opere di Andrew W. Mitchell
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Attività lavorative
- naturalist
television producer
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A Fragile Paradise di Andrew Mitchell
A book about the pacific and the loss we are seeing brought the area. A loss, that has actually accelerated since this book was published in 1989. I never did get all the way through the book. It's interesting and rather biographical with some fascinating details like the ant plants mentioned on p53. But I'm now in the position of having to downsize my library and this book is one of the casualties. Pity but I won't be using it in the future. I give it three stars.
A Crichton-esque techno thriller somewhat reminiscent of "Prey" about a super computer virus achieving self-awareness and taking on the world. Interesting plot and story, but it felt very fragmented and incohesive - it started out as a standard mystery / thriller about rogue stock trading, then quickly branched off into artificial intelligence, computer viruses, nanotechnology, mind control with some gorillas and zen buddhism thrown in for good measure. It felt as if the author started off on one tangent and kept adding more and more fantastic things as it took his fancy.… (altro)
In introduction to nature study for complete beginners. There is much more to being a naturalist than simply collecting and identifying animals and plants.
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Sonlight Books (1)
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- Opere
- 8
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- 506
- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 1