Автор: Ian Burnet
Название: Where Australia Collides with Asia
Издательство: Rosenberg Publishing
Год: 2017
ISBN: 9780994562784
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 50,7 mb
Страниц: 208

Ian Burnet has gathered in this book the stories of captains, naturalists, explorers and scientists who all had a profound influence on how we have come to understand the world. Its an easy read. It begins with the story of Captain James Cook and (the rather vain) Joseph Banks on their epic voyage begun in 1768. Banks returned to London with a treasure chest of botanical specimens and drawings. It was a time when those interested in the natural sciences were desperate to see new creatures: birds, beetles, plants, etc from remote corners of the world. It was as if the world was waiting to be catalogued. Burnet tells the story partly through the diaries of these men and it's an engrossing read. The story of Charles Darwin and his growing understand of how creatures evolved and diversified is enthralling. Darwin started out as an unlikely hero. Then came Alfred Russel Wallace and the story of his eureka moment is something of legend.

This is a most enjoyable book, with lots of illustrations.