Description
Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his old-fashioned father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities.
In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe and the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring.
Author: Bernd Heinrich
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 06/24/2008
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780060742164
ISBN10: 006074216X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Nature | Animals | Birds
- Nature | Plants | General