{"product_id":"the-species-seekers-9780393341324","title":"The Species Seekers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This beautifully written book has the verve of an adventure story.\" —\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An anecdotal romp through the strange history of naturalism. Absurd characters, exciting discoveries, and fierce rivalries abound.\" -- Outside Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"An enduring story bursting at the seams with intriguing, fantastical and disturbing anecdotes.\" -- New Scientist\u003cbr\u003e\"[Conniff] chronicles two centuries of adventure, and at the same time illustrates important developments in human thought.\" -- Christian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003e\"A swashbuckling romp…brilliantly evokes that just-before Darwin era.\" -- BBC Focus\u003cbr\u003e\"[This] history of the ‘great age of discovery’ is spellbinding.\" -- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"[Conniff’s] enthusiasm for his subject and admiration of these explorers is infectious…an entertaining survey.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eThe Species Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003e\"A marvelous tribute to the age of wonder.\" -- Bernd Heinrich, author of White Feathers and Racing the Clock","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401994543447,"sku":"9780393341324","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393341324.jpg?v=1730479077","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-species-seekers-9780393341324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}