by David Quammen · Scribner · tapa dura · ISBN 9780684837284
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«The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder» is David Quammen's essay collection on nature, published by Scribner in hardback.
It brings together twenty-six essays from the «Natural Acts» column, which David Quammen wrote for Outside magazine over fifteen years and which had not appeared in his books before. Quammen ranges from rattlesnake keepers in Texas to the search for the durian in Indonesia, with reflections on the tension between humanity and nature.
A 288-page volume in English, published on 10 April 2000. The work won the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay in 2001.
A work recommended for readers interested in natural history and science popularisation, as well as in non-fiction essayistic prose.
David Quammen is an American writer focusing on science, nature, and travel. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in Outside, National Geographic, Harper's Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and other periodicals. He is also a science communicator.
