Breaking through : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948.

Contributor:

Rodger, Katharine A. (Katharine Anne), 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948--Travel--Mexico--California, Gulf of.

Ricketts, Edward Flanders.

Marine invertebrates--Pacific Coast (U.S.).

Marine invertebrates.

Marine invertebrates--Mexico--California, Gulf of.

Teleology.

Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.

Pacific Coast (U.S.).

California, Gulf of (Mexico)--Description and travel.

California, Gulf of (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts (1897-1948) has reached legendary status in the California mythos. A true polymath and a thinker ahead of his time, Ricketts was a scientist who worked in passionate collaboration with many of his friends-artists, writers, and influential intellectual figures-including, perhaps most famously, John Steinbeck, who once said that Ricketts's mind "had no horizons." This unprecedented collection, featuring previously unpublished pieces as well as others available for the first time in their original form, reflects the wide scope of Ricketts's scientific, philosophical, and literary interests during the years he lived and worked on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. These writings, which together illuminate the evolution of Ricketts's unique, holistic approach to science, include "Verbatim transcription of notes on the Gulf of California trip," the basic manuscript for Steinbeck's and Ricketts's Log from the Sea of Cortez; the essays "The Philosophy of Breaking Through" and "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry;" several shorter pieces on topics including collecting invertebrates and the impact of modernization on Mexican village life; and more. An engaging critical biography and a number of rare photographs offer a new and richly detailed view of Ricketts's life.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Editor's Note

Introduction

1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog

2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides

3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'"

4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry"

5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking"

6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940"

7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico"

8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands

9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On"

10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage"

Epilogue

Living at the Lab with My Father

Early Days: Nicknames and Such

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-345) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612358999

9781282358997

1282358995

9781423789611

142378961X

9780520932661

0520932668

9781601293879

1601293879

OCLC:

475990183