Had I not grown up in a rural American town where hunting was a very common activity among the residents, I doubt I would have ever understood very much about it. Even though my family contained very few hunters (in comparative proportion to those of many of our neighbors), simply living day-to-day, year-in and year-out among so many hunters – of both mammals and birds – was sufficient to acquire an understanding of both the mechanics of the activity, as well as the ethics and psychology of it.
Not, as its title might seem to imply, a “how to” guide, but rather a detailed examination from direct in-the-field research of why those who reject at least some aspects of modern science and at times reason and logic itself, Dr. McIntyre’s book presents the “why’s” that are necessary to understand before any “how’s” can or should be undertaken
Written in a style that is very accessible to anyone with a minimum of a secondary school level understanding of biology and mathematics, and supported by helpful illustrations, “Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity” provides clear and straightforward explanations of all the hot topic words and concepts involved in the current pandemic that have been filling the headlines this past year.
In his new book “Deep Time Reckoning; How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now” from MIT Press, Prof. Ialenti examines the challenges involved in thinking at a timescale far beyond that of our own, and perhaps even our own species’ frame of existence.