Eaten by a Giant Clam: Great Adventures in Natural ScienceAllen & Unwin, 2010年9月1日 - 344 頁 The history of natural science across its many disciplines, including zoology, botany, geology or even malacology (the study of molluscs) is often a case of truth being stranger than fiction. There are countless stirring, occasionally alarming, natural history adventure stories to be told, rollicking tales of men and women risking life and limb in the name of science and in the cause of the broadening of human knowledge. Eaten by a Giant Clam focuses on the work of these natural scientists in the field. It comprises 22 stories, with a focus on the heyday of natural history endeavours between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Each story surveys the life and career of the scientist, with the main focus being career highlights and their most striking adventures. This fascinating book ranges in content from the humorous to the tragic, from the virtually unbelievable to the inspirational. |
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Carl Linnaeus God created Linnaeus arranged | |
William Bartram Plant Hunter | |
Alexander von Humboldt the unity of nature | |
Prince Maximilian of Wied a solemn silence prevailed | |
John Richardson an inhabitant of these wilds | |
Mary Anning Fossils in the Blue Lias | |
Henry Walter Bates a solitary stranger on a strange errand | |
Frederick Courteney Selous the last of the biggame hunters | |
Mary Kingsley Why has this man not been buried? | |
Roy Chapman Andrews Dinosaurs in his bones | |
W Douglas Burden Here be dragons | |
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adventure Africa Amazon animals arrived Audubon Banks Bartram Bates became began Bering birds bones Botanical Gardens botanist British century Charles climbed coast collection Constantine Samuel Rafinesque creatures Darwin decided died dinosaur dragon Dubois early England European expedition explorer famous father feet finally fish flowers Forrest fossilised fossils Franklin Georg Steller George George Forrest head Hooker human hunting Indians insects Island Itelmen Jacob Marrel John Tradescant journal journey jungle killed kilometres Kingsley Komodo Komodo dragon land Linnaeus lived lizard London Lyme Regis Maria Maria Sibylla Merian Marianne North Mary Mary Kingsley Maximilian Merian metres miles mountains museum named natural naturalist Neanderthals North America numerous paintings Rafinesque Rafinesque's realised returned Rhododendron Richardson River Roy Chapman Andrews sail Sami scientists Selous Sikkim South species specimens Steller Teroahaute Tibetan took travelled trees trip turned Vitus Bering voyage Waterton West wild wilderness wrote young