The ghost with trembling wings : science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species / Scott Weidensaul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weidensaul, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rare animals.

Extinction (Biology).

Physical Description:

341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : North Point Press, 2002.

Summary:

In this round-the-world detective story, the author of "Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds" goes on a search to rediscover vanished species. 6 illustrations. 6 maps.

Contents:

1. The Ghost with Trembling Wings 3

2. Proving a Negative 38

3. Chance and Calculation 65

4. The Noble Living 93

5. The ABC's of Ghost Cats 123

6. Cruising the Crypto-fringe 151

7. The Brothers and the Bull 187

8. Test-tube Babies 214

9. The Tiger That Isn't 243

10. Sweat Bees Ate Our Earwax 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-321) and index.

ISBN:

0374246645

OCLC:

48383486