Tim Flannery (1) (1956–)
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Een gat in de natuur: een ontdekkingstocht langs uitgestorven diersoorten (2001) — Auteur — 228 exemplaren
Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature (2007) 178 exemplaren
Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future (2008) 118 exemplaren
Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit (2004) 94 exemplaren
Sunlight and Seaweed: An Argument for How to Feed, Power and Clean Up the World (2017) 23 exemplaren
The Amazing Inner Lives of Animals 1 exemplaar
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Opleiding
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- Australian of the Year (2007)
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Flannery deals in specific cases, but each chapter is manageable from a layperson's point of view. His tone is one of awe at nature, red in tooth and claw. His pedigree is exemplary, as Flannery is able to use examples of where he himself discovered fossils or evidence, so that's always a plus.
The downside of the book, inevitably, is that it's 25 years old. This doesn't invalidate the text, but it has an impact on the usefulness of the first two-thirds of the book. The first section, dealing in pre-human evolution in Australia and surrounds, is chock-full of discoveries just being made, or questioned, in the early 1990s. So much work has been done in this space, that Flannery's work serves more as a guide to other studies rather than a current scientific document. The second section focuses on Aboriginal Australians, and here Flannery was ahead of the curve. Analysis of the relationship of our first peoples to their land has spread and deepened considerably since then. But none of this is his fault. A solid read.… (meer)