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• Title:The earth moved : on the remarkable achievements of earthworms / by Amy Stewart.
  
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• Author/Creator:Stewart, Amy.
  
• Published/Created:Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QL391.A6 S733 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Earthworms.
  
• Edition:1st pbk ed.
  
• Description:xv, 221 pages ; 21 cm
  
• Summary:The author of From the Ground Up introduces the earthworm, looking at its impact on the ecosystem and its amazing abilities to plough soil, fight plant diseases, and absorb dangerous pollutants. Reprint. The Earth Moved has moved reviewers across the country. In witty, offbeat style, Amy Stewart takes us on a subterranean adventure and introduces us to our planet's most important gatekeeper: the humble earthworm. It's true that the earthworm is small, spineless, and blind, but its effect on the ecosystem is profound, moving Charles Darwin to devote his last years to studying its remarkable attributes and achievements. With the august scientist as her inspiration, Stewart investigates the earthworm's astonishing realm, talks to oligochaetologists who have devoted their lives to unearthing the complex web of life beneath our feet, and observes the thousands of worms in her own garden.
  
• Notes:Originally published: 2004.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-208) and index.
  
• ISBN:1565124685 (pbk.)
  9781565124684 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Author's note
  Prologue
  Darwin's worms
  Unsung hero
  Earth moved
  Intestines of the soil
  As they can neither see nor hear
  European conquest
  In the forest
  Stalking the giant worm
  Nature's plough
  Counting worms
  Garbage into gold
  Public duties
  Ascent of the worm
  Epilogue
  Selected bibliography
  Appendix: Worm resources
  Index.