The Unexpected Universe
A Library of America eBook Classic
No one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley . . . -Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast At the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe, he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about the natural world, and the qualities that led many to hail him as a modern Thoreau. Fascinating accounts of the journeys of Odysseus, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin frame Eiseley's more modest wanderings as a suburban naturalist, attentive to the l…
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Weitere Autoren: Cronon, William (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-59853-545-7
- EAN: 9781598535457
- Produktnummer: 21562631
- Verlag: Library of America
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 186 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 326 KB
Über den Autor
Loren Eiseley was born in Nebraska in 1907. An accomplished paleontologist teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, Eiseley turned late in his career to writing for a popular audience with the essay collection The Immense Journey, which became a surprise bestseller when published in 1957. It and the five collections that followed--The Firmament of Time, The Unexpected Universe, The Invisible Pyramid, The Night Country, and The Star Thrower--established him as one of America's most beloved and distinctive naturalists. He died in 1977.
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