Publisher's description. Dr. Robert Mason, the current recipient of the National Science Foundation's Young Investigator Award, has been studying a mysterious phenomenon for over fifteen years - one of the most extraordinary events of the natural world - the reemergence from a winter spent in a state of suspended animation in subterranean caverns of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes - the world's largest concentration of snakes. The work of scientists can often seem mysterious and intimidating to the nonscientist. No longer! Introducing an exciting perspective on the important work of scientists in all areas of research and study. Scientists in the Field show people immersed in the unpredictable and dynamic natural world, making science more accessible, relevant, and exciting to young readers. Far from the research laboratory, these books show first-hand adventures in the great outdoors - adventures with a purpose. From climbing into a snake den with thousands of slithering snakes to tracking wolves
The Snake Scientist
Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395871697
Honors include:
2000 International Reading Association Book Award
2000 Booklist Editor's Choice
2000 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor Book for outstanding nonfiction
2000 John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers
2000 Booklist Top 10 Youth Science Books
2000 VOYA nonfiction honor list
2000 Booklist Editor's Choice
2000 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor Book for outstanding nonfiction
2000 John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers
2000 Booklist Top 10 Youth Science Books
2000 VOYA nonfiction honor list
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