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Author Giggs, Rebecca, author.

Title Fathoms : the world in the whale / Rebecca Giggs.

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2032245~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  599.5 GIG    AVAILABLE
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Description 340 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Whalefall -- Petroglyph -- The oooo-ers -- Blue museum -- Charisma -- Sounding -- Sea pie -- Kitsch interior -- Scantling -- Deep end.
Summary "When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms : The World in the Whale blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and altered by human technology? What can observing whales teach us about the complexity, splendor, and fragility of life?"--Jacket flap.
Subject Whales -- Behavior.
Whales -- Australia.
Climatic changes.
Environmentalism.
ISBN 9781982120696 (hardcover)
198212069X (hardcover)
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