The Tomb of the Mili Mongga: Fossils, Folklore, and Adventures at the Edge of Reality
Autor Samuel Turveyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 feb 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399409773
ISBN-10: 1399409778
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399409778
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sigma
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
A unique combination of evolution, environmental history, conservation, anthropology, travel writing and cryptozoology
Notă biografică
Samuel Turvey is Professor of Conservation Biology at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. His work focuses on understanding how science can inform and guide practical conservation efforts for some of the world's rarest species. This research also involves using the fossil record and Indigenous knowledge to gain conservation insights, and he has conducted extensive fieldwork in China, southeast Asia and the Caribbean. He has published over 200 scientific papers and book chapters, including in Nature and Science, and has previously written about the tragic extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin. Samuel was awarded the Linnean Medal in 2019 for his contributions to zoology.
Cuprins
Prologue: Anselm and GauniloChapter One: Splendid IsolationChapter Two: Sumba, East of JavaChapter Three: Glutton-GrannyChapter Four: StorytellingChapter Five: Rodents of Unusual SizeChapter Six: Tulang JunkieChapter Seven: The Wall of the Mili MonggaChapter Eight: An Interlude with Giant RatsChapter Nine: The Island of the Day BeforeChapter Ten: They Might Be GiantsChapter Eleven: The Perfect Island - A Fairy Tale for BiologistsAcknowledgementsNotesIndex
Recenzii
A thoughtful and approachable scientific travelogue stuffed with mystery, humor, and ... monsters? You'll never think about fossils in the same way again! A must read.
Turvey's gripping adventures are a quest to understand human consciousness and explore the differences between cultural truths and scientific facts.
Part travelogue and part science, Samuel Turvey's The Tomb of the Mili Mongga seeks out those elusive links between the present and the past, between fossils and folklore, and brings the reader along on an unexpected journey of discovery.
Turvey's gripping adventures are a quest to understand human consciousness and explore the differences between cultural truths and scientific facts.
Part travelogue and part science, Samuel Turvey's The Tomb of the Mili Mongga seeks out those elusive links between the present and the past, between fossils and folklore, and brings the reader along on an unexpected journey of discovery.