David Quammen, geboren 1948, ist ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftsjournalist. Er studierte Literatur an der Yale University und in Oxford. Für seine populärwissenschaftlichen Werke zu Naturgeschichte und Evolution wie »Der Gesang des Dodo« wurde er vielfach ausgezeichnet.
18 Ebooks tarafından David Quammen
David Quammen: Tangled Tree
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018.Our understanding of the ‘tree of life’, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health an …
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David Quammen: Song of the Dodo
‘;Compulsively readablea masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of science journalism.’ Bill Mc Kibben, Audubon A brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message, The …
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David Quammen: Kiwi’s Egg
Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs. Then, in September 1838 …
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David Quammen: Flight of the Iguana
From the award-winning author of The Tangled Tree and The Song of the Dodo comes a collection of essays in which various weird and wonderful aspects of nature are examined.From tales of vegetarian pi …
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David Quammen: Tangled Tree
In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, ‘;our greatest living chronicler of the natural world’ (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent disc …
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David Quammen: ketkedo Darwin – Az evolucioelmelet eredete
CHARLES DARWIN, a visszahuzodo biologus elkepeszto felfedezese – a termeszetes kivalasztodas, amely az evolucio fo hajtoereje – alapjaiban valtoztatta meg a tudomanyt es az emberek vilagkepet. Minteg …
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David Quammen: Ebola
In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace.Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating eff …
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David Quammen: Spillover
Der tödliche Sprung vom Tier zum Menschen Lebensbedrohende Infektionskrankheiten wie AIDS, Ebola, Virusgrippen, SARS und aktuell Covid-19 können sich dank der Globalisierung schnell über große Räume …
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David Quammen: Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
‘Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure….A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking.’ —New York Times Book Review For millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our d …
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David Quammen: Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
‘David Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today.’–Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard ‘Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers …
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David Quammen: The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries)
‘Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist’s intellectual and spiritual journey.’–Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin’s epiph …
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David Quammen: Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases, Spillover is “fascinating and terrifying … a real-life thriller with an outcome that affects us all” (Eli …
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€12.99
David Quammen: Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
In this ‘frightening and fascinating masterpiece’ (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS. The real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped …
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David Quammen: Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
“A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story.” —Walter Isaacson In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it di …
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David Quammen: Breathless
National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-Co V-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-1 …
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David Quammen: Breathless
**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023***Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023*From the author of Spillover, the book that predicte …
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Janet Voight: From the Seashore to the Seafloor
An octopus expert and celebrated artist offer a deep dive to meet the enchanting inhabitants of the world’s marine ecosystems. Have you ever walked along the beach and wondered what kind of creatures …
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