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000695922 1001_ $$aMichaux, Bernard,$$eauthor.
000695922 24510 $$aTewkesbury walks$$h[electronic resource] :$$ban exploration of biogeography and evolution /$$cBernard Michaux.
000695922 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2014.
000695922 300__ $$a1 online resource (vi, 107 pages) :$$billustrations (some color)
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000695922 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
000695922 5050_ $$aAvon and Severn valleys loop -- Getting acquainted with nature -- Coombe Hill -- Apperley Deerhurst -- Mythe Bridge -- Forthampton -- Bushley -- Tewkesbury Ham -- Oxenton Hill -- Bredon Hill -- Malvern Hills -- Changing Seasons.
000695922 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000695922 520__ $$aThe book is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual's relationship to their environment (Avon and Severn Valleys Loop) that leads to a description of conservation issues at local, national and international levels, and ultimately to a discussion of the importance of Citizen Science (Coombe Hill -- Apperley -- Deerhurst). The following chapter (Mythe Bridge -- Forthampton -- Tewkesbury) looks at science as it is actually practiced and its role in modern society by an analysis of the theory of Continental Drift and a biography of Alfred Wegener. This is a story that really deserves a much wider audience, as the idea was, in my opinion, as revolutionary as general relativity or quantum mechanics, and Wegener himself was such a heroic character. The following chapter (Tewkesbury Ham) also uses biography, this time of Alfred Russel Wallace - to investigate his ideas about how animal and plant distributions are inextricably linked to geological change. Wallace was every bit as heroic as Wegener, lived an even more adventurous life, and also deserves to be more widely known and appreciated. 2013 is the centenary of his death and he will be much in the news this year, so it would be timely to publish an account of his life and work suitable for the general public. The chapters on Wegener and Wallace set the scene for a detailed discussion of biogeography.
000695922 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 28, 2013).
000695922 650_0 $$aBiogeography$$zEngland$$zTewkesbury.
000695922 650_0 $$aEcology$$zEngland$$zTewkesbury.
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