Virginia Morell: Ancestral Passions

Cover: 9780684824703 | Ancestral Passions | Virginia Morell | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1996

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In this fascinating and authoritative work, acclaimed science writer Virginia Morell brings to vivid life the famous and infamous Leakey family, pioneers in the field of paleoanthropology: Louis Leakey, the patriarch, who persisted through initial scientific failures and scandal-ridden divorce to achieve spectacular success in digs throughout East Africa; Mary, his second wife, who worked alongside Louis as they made their outstanding discoveries at Olduvai Gorge and elsewhere; and Richard, their son, who ascended to the top of the field in his parents’ wake, only to be threatened with both near-fatal illness and fierce professional rivalry. Morell transports us into the world of these compelling personalities, demonstrating how a small clan of highly talented and fiercely competitive people came to dominate an entire field of science and to contribute immeasurably to our understanding of the origins of humanity.

Über den Autor

Virginia Morell is a regular contributor toNational Geographic magazineand a contributing correspondent toScience. She has also written forSmithsonian, Discover,The New York Times Magazine,International Wildlife,Audubon,Slate, andOutside, among other publications. She and her husband, writer Michael McRae, live in southern Oregon, on the edge of the Siskiyou Mountains, where they hike every day with their Scotch Collies, Buckaroo and Annie Oakley.

Erscheinungsjahr:	1996
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	No Series
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780684824703
ISBN-10:	0684824701
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Morell, Virginia
Hersteller:	Touchstone No Series
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 39 mm
Von/Mit:	Virginia Morell
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.09.1996
Gewicht:	1,049 kg