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The sounding of the whale
Title statement The sounding of the whale : science and cetaceans in the twentieth century / D. Graham Burnett Personal name Burnett, D. Graham (author) Publication Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (793 stran) ISBN 9780226081335 (online) 0226081338 (online) 0226081303 9780226081304 1280125993 9781280125997 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents List of Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; One: Introduction; Two: Into the Belly of the Beast; Three: "The Prince of Whales"; Four: A Cetaceous Parliament; Five: Trials of Force; Six: Shots across the Bow; Seven: Conclusion; Bibliography; Figure Sources; Index. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Chronological term 20. století Subj. Headings velrybářství whaling * kytovci Cetacea Geographic keywords Velká Británie Great Britain * Spojené státy americké United States Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 639.2/.6 - Rybářství UDC 639.245.1/.3 , 599.51/.53 , (410) , (73) , (0.034.2:08) Country Illionois Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=442474 
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From the Bible & rsquo;s & ldquo;Canst thou raise leviathan with a hook? & rdquo; to Captain Ahab & rsquo;s & ldquo;From Hell & rsquo;s heart I stab at thee!, & rdquo; from the trials of Job to the legends of Sinbad, whales have breached in the human imagination as looming figures of terror, power, confusion, and mystery. In the twentieth century, however, our understanding of and relationship to these superlatives of creation underwent some astonishing changes, and with The Sounding of the Whale, D. Graham Burnett tells the fascinating story of the transformation of cetaceans from grotesque monste.
List of Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; One: Introduction; Two: Into the Belly of the Beast; Three: "The Prince of Whales"; Four: A Cetaceous Parliament; Five: Trials of Force; Six: Shots across the Bow; Seven: Conclusion; Bibliography; Figure Sources; Index.
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