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Where The Animals Go

Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics

James Cheshire Oliver Uberti

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
15 July 2018
A pioneering book that uses big data to map the movements of 50 different animals on land, sea and sky, from ants to humpback whales, bats to the great white shark

For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, apps and accelerometers allow us to see the natural world like never before. Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti take you to the forefront of this animal-tracking revolution. Meet the scientists gathering wild data - from seals mapping the sea to baboons making decisions, from birds dodging tornadoes to jaguars taking selfies. Join the journeys of sharks, elephants, bumblebees, snowy owls, and a wolf looking for love. Find an armchair, cancel your plans and go where the animals go.
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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 277mm,  Width: 246mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   829g
ISBN:   9780141982229
ISBN 10:   0141982225
Pages:   174
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's complementary skills enable them to produce graphics and book pages that few others can match. As a lecturer at University College London, James applies his cartographic and programming skills to the staggering amount of data that scientists are now collecting. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cuthbert Peek Award in recognition of his work 'advancing geographical knowledge through the use of mappable Big Data'. Oliver has more than a decade of experience visualizing and writing about wildlife research-from 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor.

Reviews for Where The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics

[Praise for London: The Information Capital] The book is infinitely compelling, one you'll return to time and again, and full of 'wow, you have to see this' moments. It reinforces the notion that information really can be beautiful... * Londonist * [Praise for London: The Information Capital] Brilliantly compelling...The Information Capital is a tour de force in the modern use of graphics to make a point * London Evening Standard * [Praise for London: The Information Capital] Visually stunning maps and graphics * Guardian * Where the Animals Go elegantly elucidates the role new technologies has played in expanding our knowledge of animal migration * Science * Ravishing * Washington Post * An unstoppable book that will please anyone with an interest in the natural world * Geographical * Its double intent is brilliant - to bring each of us closer to the animal world and to highlight fresh ways to think about conservation...Downright gorgeous in its illustrations and text ... an exceptional book * NPR * A stunning translation of movement onto paper * Scientific American * Beautiful and thrilling ... a joy to study cover to cover * E. O. Wilson * From the first page, this book is an enthralling look at the world that technology can help us uncover. [...] I can't review this book without mentioning the maps, which are exquisite. They convey an astounding quantity and quality of information -- Kate Scragg * British Trust for Ornithology * Incredible * The Big Issue * Turn the pages to revel in the techno-tracking that is revealing the secrets of animal lives. This is science at its best, the art of understanding truth and beauty -- Chris Packham Enchanting and exhilarating ... Where the Animals Go is an eye-opening exercise in perspective that puts place and space at the heart of the 21st-century conservation debate * Literary Review * This book is beautiful as well as informative and inspiring. There is no doubt it will help in our fight to save wildlife and wild habitats * Dr Jane Goodall * Each story is a striking example of how innovative technology can be used to increase our understanding of the natural world * Financial Times * This is a special kind of detective story. After millennia of using footprints, faeces, feathers, broken foliage and nests to track animals, the process is now so teched up you need to read this book to find out the how, what and why * New Scientist *


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