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"This beautifully written book has the verve of an adventure story." —Wall Street Journal

Trade Review
"An anecdotal romp through the strange history of naturalism. Absurd characters, exciting discoveries, and fierce rivalries abound." -- Outside Magazine
"An enduring story bursting at the seams with intriguing, fantastical and disturbing anecdotes." -- New Scientist
"[Conniff] chronicles two centuries of adventure, and at the same time illustrates important developments in human thought." -- Christian Science Monitor
"A swashbuckling romp…brilliantly evokes that just-before Darwin era." -- BBC Focus
"[This] history of the ‘great age of discovery’ is spellbinding." -- Publishers Weekly
"[Conniff’s] enthusiasm for his subject and admiration of these explorers is infectious…an entertaining survey." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Modern biology and medicine would not be what they are today if not for the death-defying naturalists who set out to travel the world and find new species. In The Species Seekers, Richard Conniff creates a marvelous rogues’ gallery of these brave, sometimes reckless heroes of taxonomy, full of surprising tales of gorillas, platypuses, and disease-laden mosquitoes." -- Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex
"A marvelous tribute to the age of wonder." -- Bernd Heinrich, author of White Feathers and Racing the Clock

The Species Seekers

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    A Paperback / softback by Richard Conniff

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 20 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9780393341324
      978-0393341324
      ISBN-10 0393341321
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      Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "This beautifully written book has the verve of an adventure story." —Wall Street Journal

      Trade Review
      "An anecdotal romp through the strange history of naturalism. Absurd characters, exciting discoveries, and fierce rivalries abound." -- Outside Magazine
      "An enduring story bursting at the seams with intriguing, fantastical and disturbing anecdotes." -- New Scientist
      "[Conniff] chronicles two centuries of adventure, and at the same time illustrates important developments in human thought." -- Christian Science Monitor
      "A swashbuckling romp…brilliantly evokes that just-before Darwin era." -- BBC Focus
      "[This] history of the ‘great age of discovery’ is spellbinding." -- Publishers Weekly
      "[Conniff’s] enthusiasm for his subject and admiration of these explorers is infectious…an entertaining survey." -- Kirkus Reviews
      "Modern biology and medicine would not be what they are today if not for the death-defying naturalists who set out to travel the world and find new species. In The Species Seekers, Richard Conniff creates a marvelous rogues’ gallery of these brave, sometimes reckless heroes of taxonomy, full of surprising tales of gorillas, platypuses, and disease-laden mosquitoes." -- Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex
      "A marvelous tribute to the age of wonder." -- Bernd Heinrich, author of White Feathers and Racing the Clock

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