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Moby Dick: How Scientists Came to Love the Whale
Moby Dick: How Scientists Came to Love the Whale
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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2013
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Podcast episode
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Moby Dick: How Scientists Came to Love the WhaleD. Graham BurnettIn conversation with Amy Parish, primatologist and Darwinian feministHow was our understanding of whales transformed from grotesque monsters, useful only as wallowing kegs of fat, to playful friends of humanity and bellwethers of environmental devastation? Burnett, a historian of science and energetic polymath, offers a sweeping history of how science, politics, and simple human wonder have transformed our way of seeing these behemoths from below. * Part of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Public Library’s month-long citywide initiative "What Ever Happened to Moby Dick?" **Click here to see photos from the program!
Released:
Oct 3, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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