Walking with the Great Apes (eBook)

Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas

Sy Montgomery (Autor)

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2009
272 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-244-5 (ISBN)

Infos

2017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda.Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's closest cousins. Jane Goodall has worked with the chimpanzees of Gombe for nearly 50 years; Diane Fossey died in 1985 defending the mountain gorillas of Rwanda; and Birut Galdikas lives in intimate proximity to the orangutans of Borneo. All three began their work as protges of the great Anglo-African archeologist Louis Leakey, and each spent years in the field, allowing the apes to become their familiars--and ultimately waging battles to save them from extinction in the wild.Their combined accomplishments have been mind-blowing, as Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas forever changed how we think of our closest evolutionary relatives, of ourselves, and of how to conduct good science. From the personal to the primate, Sy Montgomery--acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and The Good Good Pig--explores the science, wisdom, and living experience of three of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.

Inhalt

Part 1. Nurturers:

1. Biruté Galdikas and Supinah

2. Jane Goodall and Flo

3. Dian Fossey and Digit

Part 2. Scientists:

4. The prodigal faith of Louis Leakey

5. "Science with a capital S"

6. The sacrifice of Nyiramachabelli

7.  A study in patience

Part 3. Warriors:

8. Crusader: The moral dilemma of Jane Goodall

9. Sorceress: The madness of Dian Fossey

10. Diplomat: The politics of Birute Galdikas

Epilogue: Shamans

Rezensionen

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In this study of three great female primatologists, science journalist Montgomery moves beyond biography into ethology, taking a step that goes well beyond even her subjects' research. Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas each made a similar leap, the author contends, moving from observers and recorders to an almost shamanistic quest to enter the world of the apes they studied. These personal transformations are sketchily supported with anecdotes from the field, personal interviews and even a jarring account of an attempt to contact Fossey, after her death, via channeling. Montgomery adds little to Farley Mowat's 1988 biography of Fossey, Woman in the Mists , but she offers a few fresh angles on Goodall, Galdikas and other characters, human and ape, met before in their books. In an epilogue, Montgomery offers the intriguing view of these scientists as pioneers of a particularly female way of scientific knowing that deserves fuller argument than three portraits allow. Photos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2009
• Vorwort: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
• Zusatzinfo: Insert with color photos
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: animals • ape • Biruté Galdikas • Dian Fossey • greatest scientists of the twentieth century • Jane Goodall • jungles of Africa and Borneo • Monkey • monkeys • mountain gorillas • Nature • Orangutan • Orangutans • primate • Primates • primatologists • Science Journalism • Tamed and Untamed • The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times • Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe • Women scientists
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-244-4 / 1603582444
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-244-5 / 9781603582445