Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place [Hardcover]

A.K. Dewdney (Author)

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Publication Date: August 21, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0387984151 | ISBN-13: 978-0387984155 | Edition: 1

Starting with an elegant description of a small piece of land called Hungry Hollow, A.K. Dewdney introduces us to its denizens. The reader goes on a guided tour through the many dimensions of our natural habitat, back into prehistoric time and inward to a teeming microscopic world full of strange creatures performing bizarre feats.
"It surprised me how 220 pages explaining biological phenomena can add up to a literary image of the magic of lifePerhaps this book will go some way to redress the general deficiency in judgement that allows humans to endanger other life forms..." -NEW SCIENTIST

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"...220 pages explaining biological phenomena add up to a literary image of the magic of life." New Scientist

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A.K. Dewdney is a mathematician, computer scientist, astronomer, engineer, and biologist. A member of the computer science department at the University of Western Ontario for 27 years, he retired in 1997, only to be appointed professor of Zoology at the same university in 1998 in recognition of his important biological work. He is the author of 11 books, including The Planiverse, an exploration of a physically consistent two-dimensional world. He has been increasingly involved in environmental issues, mainly the habitat loss created by the expansion of human populations.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 247 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387984151
• ISBN-13: 978-0387984155
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,267,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really stuck with me., July 9, 2003

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This review is from: Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place (Hardcover)

I read this wonderful book about a year ago, and I've thought back on it regularly since then. It's as beautiful and sad as it is educational. Even those of us who love nature often have trouble letting go of our human perspective on everything we see. This book helps to bring other perspectives into view: what might your world look like (and feel like) if you were a raccoon? A tree? A blade of grass? A microorganism? As you read, each living thing begins to seem more real, more substantial, and you realize that there is a universe of life even in a small plot of land. "Hungry Hollow" is also a rare combination of science fact and fictional narrative, so that the things you learn stick with you at an emotional level. The book deepened my understanding of the world, and I'm grateful.