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<p>Hello. I’m John Riutta (MA, MBA, FLS) and I write and publish news and reviews of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NaturalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturalPhilosophy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NaturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturalHistory</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a>, history of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medicine</span></a>, and even a little <a hr
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Post #1358075
Those who may have not have had the opportunity to read Dr. Joan Maloof&#39;s very informative as well as highly evocative 2016 book &quot;Nature&#39;s Temples&quot; now have another chance as it has just this past April been published in a revised and expanded edition by @princetonupress. #bookstodon #oldgrowth #forest #ecology #nature #naturalhistory https://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2023/05/natures-temples-2/
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Post #1011818
The new @princetonupress #mathematics catalog is here! The new Princeton University Press mathematics catalog is here! 🤓📚 #bookstodon #readup https://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/mathematics
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Post #1011815
Understanding the #history of any subject requires more than just having read histories of that subject, it requires knowing how modern historical #research is undertaken, which is why Prof. Schrag’s #book “The Princeton Guide to Historical Research” (@princetonupress) is one that should be read by a far wider group of people than just professional historians. https://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2023/01/the-princeton-guide-to-historical-research/ #bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe
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Post #1011814
Biologists, ecologists, and general naturalists - I bring you good tidings! @princetonupress is presently offering the hardcover edition “The Princeton Guide to #Evolution” at a 70% discount. 😲#bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691149776/the-princeton-guide-to-evolution
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Post #608065
In our increasingly urbanized world, #hunting is something that is too easily misunderstood and even caricatured, particularly by those who never lived with it as part of their lives or communities; which is why I was so pleased to see that @themitpress has added a volume about it to their Essential Knowledge series. #bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe #history #wildlifemanagement https://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2023/01/hunting/