The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century (2012)

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Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00pm

Author talk by D. Graham Burnett

D. Graham Burnett, Professor of History at Princeton, discussed how 20th century scientific research and environmental awareness has led to an appreciation of whales as highly evolved, complex mammals critical to marine ecosystems and deserving of regulatory protection.