Activist Biology

Activist Biology
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780816532018
ISBN-13 : 081653201X
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Book Synopsis Activist Biology by : Regina Horta Duarte

Download or read book Activist Biology written by Regina Horta Duarte and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activist Biology is the story of a group of biologists at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro who joined the drive to renew the Brazilian nation, claiming as their weapon the voice of their fledgling field. It offers a portrait of science as a creative and transformative pathway. This book will intrigue anyone fascinated by environmental history and Latin American political and social life in the 1920s and 1930s.


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