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Primates
Jim Ottaviani
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Description for Primates
Paperback. Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an informative look at primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the 20th century. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YNM; YNNR; YNT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These three groundbreaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology - and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an entertaining and informative look at primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the twentieth century, with charming illustrations by Maris Wicks.
Jim Ottaviani returns with an action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. These three groundbreaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology - and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an entertaining and informative look at primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the twentieth century, with charming illustrations by Maris Wicks.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
263g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781250062932
SKU
V9781250062932
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Ref
99-1
About Jim Ottaviani
Jim Ottaviani has written nonfiction, science-oriented comics since 1997, notably the #1 New York Times bestseller Feynman and Fallout, which was nominated for an Ignatz Award. He has worked as a nuclear engineer, caddy, programmer, and reference librarian. Primates is his first collaboration with artist Maris Wicks. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Maris Wicks lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Primates
An accessible introduction to Goodall's, Fossey's and Galdikas' lives and work.
Kirkus Reviews A graphic format admirably propels this lightly fictionalized group biography.
The Horn Book Presented as dedicated, iconoclastic, and profoundly in awe of the creatures around them, Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas are inspiring figures, and Ottaviani does a ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews A graphic format admirably propels this lightly fictionalized group biography.
The Horn Book Presented as dedicated, iconoclastic, and profoundly in awe of the creatures around them, Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas are inspiring figures, and Ottaviani does a ... Read more