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52 Blue

Submitted by riverhorse on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 15:57
Author: 

Leslie Jamison

This book starts as the story of the discovery of an unusual whale song using technology originally intended for tracking Russian submarines. It morphs into a beautiful and thought-provoking meditation on loneliness, our human tendency to project our emotional needs onto the natural world, and how scientific discoveries can touch people's lives even when they are extrapolating far beyond what the science actually shows.

Favorite Thing: 
The way it challenged my preconceptions about the purpose of scientific discoveries.
Book Length: 
Shorter
Part of Series: 
Not part of a series
Stand Alone: 
Yes
Stickiness: 
High
Categories: 
Non-Fiction
Science
True Stories

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