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The Nature of Horses

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The last decade has seen an explosion of scientific research on the horse.

In THE NATURE OF HORSES Stephen Budiansky explains the insights of modern science for the benefit of horse enthusiasts of all kinds.'THE NATURE OF HORSES gives a cool, logical and sometimes humorous appraisal of what it means to be a horse...This book should not only be savoured by horsemen and horsewomen worldwide, but by anyone who purports to enjoy animals and what is left of the natural world around us' Sylvia Loch, Financial Times

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
0753801124 / 9780753801123
Paperback / softback
30/04/2009
United Kingdom
English
xii, 244p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997.
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book for all animal lovers Stephen Budiansky is a well-known writer in the area of science and nature THE NATURE OF HORSES has already been reprinted three times To be reissued with an attractive new cover treatment THE COVENANT OF THE WILD and NATURE'S KEEPERS were both shortlisted for the prestigious Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books 'A thoroughly researched, attractive, and well-illustrated book' Mary Gordon Watson, HARPERS & QUEEN 'Lucid and passionate...the most lucid introduction to Darwinian ethology that I have come across' Roger Scruton, T
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book for all animal lovers Stephen Budiansky is a well-known writer in the area of science and nature THE NATURE OF HORSES has already been reprinted three times To be reissued with an attractive new cover treatment THE COVENANT OF THE WILD and NATURE'S KEEPERS were both shortlisted for the prestigious Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books 'A thoroughly researched, attractive, and well-illustrated book' Mary Gordon Watson, HARPERS & QUEEN 'Lucid and passionate...the most lucid introduction to Darwinian ethology that I have come across' Roger Scruton, T PD Science: general issues, PSVW7 Zoology: Mammals, WNGH Horses & ponies