More Than Meets the Eye

Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine

Margie Patlak

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Down East Books,U.S.
01 July 2021

Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; The Earth: natural history general; Travel & holiday

For award-winning science writer Margie Pitlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarch caterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits of life and what passes between generations. She explores the violent geologic collisions that thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking on how animals navigate; reflects on the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope and the dogfish heart that continued to beat while held in the palm of her hand. She looks at moose, fox, fishers, and the tides as well, and shares a chapter about cleaning up the Maine coast by kayak. These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language that is translated by scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the nature of life.

By: Margie Patlak
Imprint: Down East Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9781608937530
ISBN 10: 1608937534
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margie Patlak is an award-winning science writer who has written over two hundred articles about the environment, neuroscience, biomedical research, and technology for popular publications such as Discover magazine, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and many others; and her personal essays have appeared in a number of literary journals and newspapers. She has degress in Botany and Environmental Studies and divides her time between Philadelphia and Corea, Maine.

Reviews for More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine

""It is an exquisite treasure in so many ways- part memoir, part poetry, part scientific study, part loss therapy, part adventure and part uplifting hallelujah for life."" Carol Einhorn, Reviewer