Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
or NASA and NOAA. In this way information can be obtained on topics
that are unfamiliar or of particular interest—the early peopling of America,
the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period, El Niños, the tropical rain
forest, the Atacama Desert, the Aymara people. This is a slow, methodical,
and thoughtful way to approach any introductory material. However, the
quest for knowledge, stimulated by curiosity and imagination, as a basis
for understanding, does require effort. It is also a lot of fun and ultimately
quite satisfying.
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