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The Truth about Animals de Lucy Cooke

The Truth about Animals

Autor Lucy Cooke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2019

Recomandăm The Truth about Animals ca o lucrare de referință pentru publicul larg și studenții la biologie aflați la nivel de licență care doresc să exploreze etologia dincolo de manualele clasice. Suntem de părere că Lucy Cooke reușește o demistificare necesară a regnului animal, eliminând stratul de antropomorfism pe care cultura populară — de la Disney la videoclipurile virale — l-a impus asupra naturii. Subliniem rigoarea științifică a autoarei, care, în ciuda tonului umoristic, rămâne ancorată în observații zoologice precise.

Structura volumului ne poartă printr-o serie de studii de caz fascinante: de la pinguini care nu respectă deloc standardele de fidelitate pe care le-am proiectat asupra lor, până la comportamentele neașteptate ale leneșilor sau furnicilor. Reținem că această abordare este comparabilă cu Why Pandas Do Handstands de Augustus Brown în ceea ce privește densitatea faptelor uluitoare, dar The Truth about Animals se distinge printr-o narațiune mai personală și o analiză istorică a modului în care mari gânditori, de la Aristotel încoace, au interpretat greșit natura.

În contextul operei sale, acest titlu continuă direcția începută în The Unexpected Truth About Animals, rafinând stilul care a consacrat-o pe Cooke drept o voce critică împotriva prejudecăților biologice. Dacă în Bitch autoarea se concentrează pe demontarea stereotipurilor de gen în natură, aici miza este mai largă, vizând întreaga noastră percepție despre „virtutea” animală. Este un amestec reușit între rigoarea unui documentar de tip Animal Behaviour și umorul subversiv al seriei QI.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781541674080
ISBN-10: 1541674081
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 141 x 208 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este ideală pentru cititorul curios care vrea să înțeleagă biologia dincolo de clișeele documentarelor tradiționale. Câștigați o perspectivă onestă și amuzantă asupra evoluției, învățând că natura este mult mai bizară și mai puțin „morală” decât ne place să credem. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege cum propriile noastre prejudecăți ne pot întuneca observarea realității științifice, totul livrat cu un umor britanic savuros.

Despre autor

Lucy Cooke este o zoologă britanică, autor de succes și realizatoare de filme documentare, fiind adesea comparată cu Steven Spielberg pentru munca sa dedicată leneșilor. Este fondatoarea Sloth Appreciation Society și creatoarea seriei „Too Cute! Baby Sloths” pentru Animal Planet. Cu studii solide în zoologie, Cooke s-a specializat în popularizarea științei prin deconstruirea miturilor istorice despre animale. Lucrările sale, printre care se numără bestsellerul „A Little Book of Sloth”, îmbină observația de teren cu o analiză critică a modului în care oamenii percep comportamentul instinctiv.

Descriere scurtă

Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world

Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us to think of animals as anything but playful paragons of innocence and virtue. So you've probably never considered if moose get drunk, penguins cheat on their mates, or worker ants lay about. They do--and that's just for starters. In The Truth About Animals, Lucy Cooke embarks on a global adventure to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret--and often hilarious-habits of the animal kingdom. Charming and at times downright weird, this modern bestiary is perfect for anyone who has ever suspected that virtue might be unnatural.

Notă biografică

Lucy Cooke is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, produced, and directed several popular documentary series for the BBC, PBS, Discovery, and National Geographic. Her first book, A Little Book of Sloth, was a New York Times bestseller. She has written for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among others, and she holds an MA in zoology from the University of Oxford. She lives in London.

Recenzii

One of the New York Times Book Review's "17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer"
"Her pace is quick, her touch is light, and through her wealth of research we can reach new heights of wonder."—New York Times Book Review
"Funny and fascinating, this book will change the way you see wildlife."—Bustle
"A surefire summer winner...even Cooke's simple facts are funny."
—New York Times Book Review
"Endlesslyfascinating."—Bill Bryson, author of A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything, and In a Sunburned Country
"Lucy Cooke's modern bestiary is as well-informed asyou'd expect from an Oxford zoologist. It's also downright funny."—Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, and The Ancestor's Tale, and emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford
"Cooke, founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society, raises the profile of many poorly understood animals, revealing surprising, and often hilarious, truths that are much better than the fictions."—Scientific American
"[A] deeply researched, sassily written history of 'the biggest misconceptions, mistakes and myths we've concocted about the animal kingdom,' spread by figures from Aristotle to Walt Disney."
—Nature
"Cooke's extensive travels, research and delightful sense of humor make The Truth about Animals a fascinating modern bestiary."
—Seattle Times
"In the end, the history of zoology reveals as much about our human foibles as about the animals we study. And this book will leave readers more enlightened about both."—Science News
"Lucy Cooke's new book makes Playboy seem as tedious and tame as a phone book...In her delightful reading of natural history, [Cooke] is both scientist and standup comic...Trained as an academic, Cooke's writing style is anything but--rather, it's bawdy, irreverent, guiltless, sometimes locker-room-ish and comedic. She makes you feel she's having fun as she pounds out the words...The Truth About Animals is a great read and fascinating fun."—Winnipeg Free Press
"Lucy Cooke takes equal delight in natural oddities and in people's long struggles to understand them. Part history, part biology, and wholly entertaining, The Truth About Animals is a quirky and edifying romp."—Thor Hanson, author of Buzz, Feathers, and The Triumph of Seeds
"[An] intriguing and amusing survey of some unusual facets of animal behavior...Cooke puts scientific errors, some of them hilarious, into historical context."—Booklist
"[A] lighthearted but scientifically rigorous exploration...A pleasure for the budding naturalist in the family--or fans of Gerald Durrell and other animals."—Kirkus Reviews
"Readers keen on animals and natural history in general should find Cooke's discussion fascinating and educational."—Publishers Weekly
"Lucy Cooke's [The Truth About Animals] was a joy from beginning to end. Who could resist a writer who argues that penguins have been pulling the wool over our eyes for years, and that, far from being cute and gregarious, they are actually pathologically unpleasant necrophiliacs?"—The Guardian (UK)
"Each of Cooke's thirteen breezy yet fact-stuffed chapters traces the origins of a long-standing myth about a species or class of animal."—Times Literary Supplement (UK)
"The eclectic stories come thick and fast, with an equally varied human cast dedicated to uncovering the truth, scientifically or otherwise. Cooke illuminates and mickey-takes in equal measure, and the truth as she tells it is not only unexpected but often bizarre, bawdy and very, very funny. "—BBC Wildlife (UK)
"As surprising as it is diverse. Consummate natural history writing: illuminating, remarkable - and very, very funny."
—Alice Roberts, author of The Complete Human Body and The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being
"The rising star of natural history ... is she the new David Attenborough?"—The Times (UK)
"TOP AUTUMN BOOK PICKS: Lucy Cooke's fascinating book is full of mind-boggling stuff. Cooke takes much pleasure in throwing in all manner of amazing facts."—Reader's Digest (UK)
"A riot of facts....Cooke scores a series of goals with style and panache."—The Times (UK)
"Beautifully written, meticulously researched, with the science often couched in outrageous asides, this is a splendid read. In fact, I cannot remember when I last enjoyed a non-fiction work so much."—Daily Express (UK)
"Lucy Cooke unravels myths that will make you laugh out loud. Her knowledge of all things, furry, slimy and scaly is jaw-dropping."—The Sun (UK)
"BOOK OF THE WEEK: Highly amusing and enlightening new book [from] brilliant zoologist Lucy Cooke."—The Idler (UK)

Descriere

Taking readers along on an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world, award-winning filmmaker Cooke embarks on a global adventure to lay bare the secret--and often hilarious--habits of the animal kingdom.l kingdom.