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Some of the world's most advanced work on biodiversity is being carried out deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea by a team including local tribes-people. Novotny's entertaining, engaging, and unique diaries reflect on the wisdom of the ancient culture, bringing to life the people and the sometimes tragi-comic interactions between it and the West

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Hugely entertaining and thought provoking in equal proportions. * E. Geoffrey Hancock, Glasgow Natural History Society *

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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION: HOW I GOT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA...AND WHAT CAME NEXT; ISLAND OF A THOUSAND TONGUES AND A WILD, WILD LANDSCAPE; OLD AND NEW CUSTOMS OF A TRIBAL SOCIETY; FOREIGNERS AND THEIR ODD IDEAS; HOW TO DO SCIENCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA; IN CONCLUSION: TRAVEL REPORT

Notebooks from New Guinea

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      Publisher: OUP Oxford
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780199609642, 978-0199609642
      ISBN10: 0199609640

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Some of the world's most advanced work on biodiversity is being carried out deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea by a team including local tribes-people. Novotny's entertaining, engaging, and unique diaries reflect on the wisdom of the ancient culture, bringing to life the people and the sometimes tragi-comic interactions between it and the West

      Trade Review
      Hugely entertaining and thought provoking in equal proportions. * E. Geoffrey Hancock, Glasgow Natural History Society *

      Table of Contents
      BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION: HOW I GOT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA...AND WHAT CAME NEXT; ISLAND OF A THOUSAND TONGUES AND A WILD, WILD LANDSCAPE; OLD AND NEW CUSTOMS OF A TRIBAL SOCIETY; FOREIGNERS AND THEIR ODD IDEAS; HOW TO DO SCIENCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA; IN CONCLUSION: TRAVEL REPORT

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