We have much to thank Carson for: a powerful green movement, an awareness that we cannot punish our wildlife indiscriminately and an understanding of the fragility of nature's food chain.
Yet somehow, as she bosses her son around and furiously lashes out at Kitty's daughter for making a pass at him, she conveys a tender understanding of the fragility of these young people, which is more profound than the grief she tries to hide about her son's fate.
One thing nearly all astronauts talk about is an understanding of the fragility of Earth's ecosystem after seeing our thin atmosphere and vast human footprint from space.
Could the outside world better comprehend -- and even embrace -- their understanding of the fragility of our natural world and the many healing resources it can provide?
He said that the priests chosen for this mission will have to "be patient" and have "an understanding of human fragility," the Catholic Herald reports.
Suffice to say that, while a broken marriage threatens and fragments the wife's identity, it also brings her into a more complex understanding of the fragility and holiness of her long-term commitment.
The infant's CNS vulnerability is well known, so understanding of its fragility is necessary for future interpretation of any neurotoxic effects.
To examine whether a commonly used model of behaviour change, stages of change, is helpful in understanding osteoporosis treatment initiation in a cohort of fragility fracture patients.
Further study on the relationship between bone quality and bone strength in these osteosclerotic lesions would improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of bone fragility.
As seed dispersal is a crucial service in the disrupted and fragmented landscapes all over the Neotropics [2], a more complete understanding of its network structure and fragility is of great importance.
