Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

Points of Light is the winner of The Tamaqua Award for a collection of short essays. The book offers a banquet of topics, all focused on the wonders of nature, many focused along the California seacoast. The essay collection offers an expansion exploration of eco-systems, habitats, the wonders of wilderness, coastal regions and shorelines, environmental exploration. Animal and sea life, the insect world, the world of birds and flight, very little escapes the eye or pen of Cameron Walker. The book is divided into six sections, which travel from the wonder of outer space to the inner landscape of family ties. While science and the imagination are often seen as separate realms, these essays celebrate the connections that exist between the known world and a deep sense of mystery and awe.

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Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

Points of Light is the winner of The Tamaqua Award for a collection of short essays. The book offers a banquet of topics, all focused on the wonders of nature, many focused along the California seacoast. The essay collection offers an expansion exploration of eco-systems, habitats, the wonders of wilderness, coastal regions and shorelines, environmental exploration. Animal and sea life, the insect world, the world of birds and flight, very little escapes the eye or pen of Cameron Walker. The book is divided into six sections, which travel from the wonder of outer space to the inner landscape of family ties. While science and the imagination are often seen as separate realms, these essays celebrate the connections that exist between the known world and a deep sense of mystery and awe.

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Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

by Cameron Walker
Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast

by Cameron Walker

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Points of Light is the winner of The Tamaqua Award for a collection of short essays. The book offers a banquet of topics, all focused on the wonders of nature, many focused along the California seacoast. The essay collection offers an expansion exploration of eco-systems, habitats, the wonders of wilderness, coastal regions and shorelines, environmental exploration. Animal and sea life, the insect world, the world of birds and flight, very little escapes the eye or pen of Cameron Walker. The book is divided into six sections, which travel from the wonder of outer space to the inner landscape of family ties. While science and the imagination are often seen as separate realms, these essays celebrate the connections that exist between the known world and a deep sense of mystery and awe.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798985431704
Publisher: Hidden River
Publication date: 03/29/2024
Pages: 186
Sales rank: 174,437
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Cameron Walker is a California-based writer whose essays focus on science, nature and life at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Her essays have won awards from The American Society of Journalists & Authors and The American Institute of Physics. She studied science writing at UC Santa Cruz and received an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop.
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