Drawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.
Loren Eiseley Libros
Loren Eiseley fue un respetado antropólogo, escritor científico, ecologista y poeta. Se hizo conocido por un estilo de ensayo poético, denominado "ensayo oculto", a través del cual elucidó ideas científicas complejas como la evolución humana para el público general. Sus escritos que exploran la conexión de la humanidad con el mundo natural inspiraron el movimiento ecologista moderno y continúan resonando por su profundidad y belleza.
The Immense Journey
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
In an unusual blend of scientific knowledge and imaginative vision, Loren Eiseley tells the story of man. Anthropologist and naturalist, Dr. Eiseley reveals life's endless mysteries in his own experiences, departing from their immediacy into meditations on the long past, wandering—intimate with nature—along the paths and byways of time, and then returning to the present.