Second Thoughts: Perspectives on Us and the Natural World

The majority combine the author’s life-long interest and experiences in the natural world with his professional background in science and medicine. Along the way there are digressions into the works of other essayists like E.O.Wilson, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Brian Doyle with occasional flashes of Swiftian satire. Typical chapter titles include: “What Good Are Grizzlies and Gryphons?” “What’s a Bee Worth?” “On Not Heating with Wood.” “A Surfeit of the Humanities”, “Anthropocentric Narcissis...