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From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, a colorful band of amateur naturalists explored the most perilous corners of the planet to discover new life-forms. Amid globe-spanning tales of adventure, Richard Conniff recounts a dramatic historical shift, as humans finally discovered the pantheon of life on Earth-and our place within it.
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From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, a colorful band of amateur naturalists explored the most perilous corners of the planet to discover new life-forms. Amid globe-spanning tales of adventure, Richard Conniff recounts a dramatic historical shift, as humans finally discovered the pantheon of life on Earth-and our place within it.
Title: The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth
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ISBN: 9780393341324
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Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 2012-01-20
Number of Pages: 464
Weight: 0.3857 kg
An anecdotal romp through the strange history of naturalism. Absurd characters, exciting discoveries, and fierce rivalries abound. -- Outside Magazine
An enduring story bursting at the seams with intriguing, fantastical and disturbing anecdotes. -- New Scientist
[Conniff] chronicles two centuries of adventure, and at the same time illustrates important developments in human thought. -- Christian Science Monitor
A swashbuckling romp...brilliantly evokes that just-before Darwin era. -- BBC Focus
[This] history of the 'great age of discovery' is spellbinding. -- Publishers Weekly
[Conniff's] enthusiasm for his subject and admiration of these explorers is infectious...an entertaining survey. -- Kirkus Reviews
Modern biology and medicine would not be what they are today if not for the death-defying naturalists who set out to travel the world and find new species. In The Species Seekers, Richard Conniff creates a marvelous rogues' gallery of these brave, sometimes reckless heroes of taxonomy, full of surprising tales of gorillas, platypuses, and disease-laden mosquitoes. -- Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex
A marvelous tribute to the age of wonder. -- Bernd Heinrich, author of White Feathers and Racing the Clock
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