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Birds and the double elephant

Nature volume 426, pages 767–768 (2003)Cite this article

Audubon's Elephant: The Story of John James Audubon's Epic Struggle to Publish The Birds of America

  • Duff Hart-Davis
Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2003. 192 pp. £18.99 (to be published in the US by Henry Holt next April)

Audubon in Edinburgh: And his Scottish Associates

  • John Chalmers
National Museums of Scotland: 2003. 240 pp. £30

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  1. David Knight has taught the history of science at the University of Durham, UK, since 1964. His latest book is Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection (Routledge, 2003)

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