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Type

Book

Authors

Brown, Rosellen

ISBN 10

0385098979

ISBN 13

9780393038538

Tags

Scientists, Historical Fiction, American, Science fiction, Women, United States

Abstract

One novella and seven stories dealing with science and set in the 19th Century. In The Behavior of the Hawkweeds, the spirit of Mendel, the discoverer of the laws of heredity, haunts a geneticist of whose work Mendel disapproves, in Birds with No Feet, Darwin's theory of evolution provides a zoologist with consolation for his personal misfortunes, while in The English Pupil, Linnaeus, who brought order to botany, must deal with the mental disorder of his advancing age. By the author of The Middle Kingdom.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Short stories
Short story genre
Short stories, American
Fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction, American
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrea Barrett
ISBN: 039303853X 9780393038538 0393316009 9780393316001
OCLC Number: 32431730
Awards: National Book Award, 1996: Fiction
Description: 254 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents: The behavior of the hawkweeds --
The English pupil --
The littoral zone --
Rare bird --
Soroche --
Birds with no feet --
The Marburg sisters --
Ship fever.
Series Title: Norton paperback fiction.
Responsibility: Andrea Barrett.

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