More than any other writer, Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a u...(展开全部)

理查德·梅比（Richard Mabey），英国博物学家和主持人，致力于探讨自然和文化的关系，被称为“英国最前沿的自然作家”。20世纪80年代曾任英国自然保护委员会顾问，2011年被选为皇家文学学会会员。凭借《吉尔伯特·怀特传》荣获1986年惠特布雷德传记奖，畅销作品《植物大英百科全书》荣获大英图书奖等多项大奖，《免费的食物》《非正式的乡村》《黑暗中的鸣叫》等著作皆获高度评价。他还是《泰晤士报》《卫报》《独立报》园艺专栏作家，英国广播公司电视系列片《来自乡间的明信片》的总撰稿人和制片人。现居诺福克，任诺福克和诺维奇博物学家学会会长。

理查德·梅比（Richard Mabey），英国博物学家和主持人，致力于探讨自然和文化的关系，被称为“英国最前沿的自然作家”。20世纪80年代曾任英国自然保护委员会顾问，2011年被选为皇家文学学会会员。凭借《吉尔伯特·怀特传》荣获1986年惠特布雷德传记奖，畅销作品《植物大英百科全书》荣获大英图书奖等多项大奖，《免费的食物》《非正式的乡村》《黑暗中的鸣叫》等著作皆获高度评价。他还是《泰晤士报》《卫报》《独立报》园艺专栏作家，英国广播公司电视系列片《来自乡间的明信片》的总撰稿人和制片人。现居诺福克，任诺福克和诺维奇博物学家学会会长。

约翰·亚瑟·汤姆森（John.ArthurThomson），爵士是苏格兰著名自然学家，1861年7月8日出生于苏格兰，曾于1893年至1899年，1899年至1930年分别在英国皇家兽医学院和阿伯丁大学任教，并获封爵士，其著作试图调和科学与宗教的关系，认为“生命无处不在”主张整体性生物学，强调自然界共生和合作的重要，1933年2月12日辞世。

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This lavishly illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship in the history of natural history. Public interest in this lively field has been stimulated by environmental concerns and through links with the histories of art, collecting and gardening. Twenty-four specially commissioned essays cover the period from the six...(展开全部)

From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, this richly illustrated volume offers a lively introduction to the history of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary range of topics,...(展开全部)

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can’t be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of obs...(展开全部)

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of obs...(展开全部)

The romance novel has the strange distinction of being the most popular but least respected of literary genres. While it remains consistently dominant in bookstores and on best-seller lists, it is also widely dismissed by the critical community. Scholars have alleged that romance novels help create subservient readers, who are largely women, by confining heroines to stories tha...(展开全部)