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Nature 441, 286-287 (18 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441286b; Published online 17 May 2006
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BOOK REVIEWED-Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon
by Henry Nicholls
Macmillan Science: 2006. 256 pp. £16.99, $24.95
Conservation biology is a peculiar hybrid discipline, bounded on one side by hard empirical science and on the other by ageing actresses cuddling cute baby seals. As a result, conservation priorities reflect a sometimes bizarre balancing act between knowledge- and emotion-based perspectives of the natural world.
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