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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel TurveyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Sigma ISBN: 9781399409773ISBN 10: 1399409778 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 15 February 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPrologue: Anselm and Gaunilo Chapter One: Splendid Isolation Chapter Two: Sumba, East of Java Chapter Three: Glutton-Granny Chapter Four: Storytelling Chapter Five: Rodents of Unusual Size Chapter Six: Tulang Junkie Chapter Seven: The Wall of the Mili Mongga Chapter Eight: An Interlude with Giant Rats Chapter Nine: The Island of the Day Before Chapter Ten: They Might Be Giants Chapter Eleven: The Perfect Island – A Fairy Tale for Biologists Acknowledgements Notes IndexReviewsA thoughtful and approachable scientific travelogue stuffed with mystery, humor, and ... monsters? You'll never think about fossils in the same way again! A must read. * Beth Shapiro * Turvey's gripping adventures are a quest to understand human consciousness and explore the differences between cultural truths and scientific facts. * Richard Fortey * Part travelogue and part science, Samuel Turvey’s The Tomb of the Mili Mongga seeks out those elusive links between the present and the past, between fossils and folklore, and brings the reader along on an unexpected journey of discovery. * Steve Brusatte * Like a marvellous combination of H Rider Haggard and Gerald Durrell … Turvey brings fascinatingly diverse scholarship to bear, from theories of species extinction to joyous readings in folklore and anthropology. * The Telegraph * A thoughtful and approachable scientific travelogue stuffed with mystery, humour and... monsters? You'll never think about fossils in the same way again! A must read. * Beth Shapiro * Turvey's gripping adventures are a quest to understand human consciousness and explore the differences between cultural truths and scientific facts. * Richard Fortey * Author InformationSamuel Turvey is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. His work focuses on understanding how science can guide conservation for the world’s rarest species, and his research encompasses ecology, the fossil record and Indigenous knowledge to gain new conservation insights. Sam is the author of Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 2019 for his contributions to zoology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |