Volume 2 · Part II · 2014
A Window on Eternity
Wilson, Edward O.
Published 2014
Author(s) Wilson, Edward O.
LC Class QH195.M6 W55 2014
LCCN 2013032607
Summary
Wilson opens by explaining his title: a biologically rich, self-sustaining wilderness offers a window on eternity, a glimpse of life as it has functioned for millions of years. He presents Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique as such a place, where the deep past of the living world remains visible in the present.
Table of Contents
- Prologue. The Search for Eternity
- Chapter 1. The Sacred Mountain of Mozambique
- Chapter 2. Once There Were Giants
- Chapter 3. War and Redemption
- Chapter 4. Dung and Blood
- Chapter 5. The Twenty-Foot Crocodile
- Chapter 6. The Elephant Whisperer
- Chapter 7. The House of Spiders
- Chapter 8. The Clash of Insect Civilizations
- Chapter 9. The Log of an Entomological Expedition
- Chapter 10. The Struggle for Existence
- Chapter 11. The Conservation of Eternity
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