About the Author:
Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer and conservationist. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books including the international bestseller The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, Throwim' Way Leg, Here on Earth, and Among the Islands. He was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and in 2011 he was appointed to head the Climate Change Commission established by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
From Booklist:
Best known for his best-selling The Weather Makers (2006), Flannery offers a look back on his career and how he developed from a curious young researcher into a renowned expert on climate change. This collection of essays spans 25 years, beginning with Flannery as a young researcher studying kangaroos and fossils in Australia, later as a biologist exploring the rain forests of Melanesia, and more recently as an environmentalist wrestling with issues of climate change. He describes defleshing a kangaroo road-kill carcass to collect specimens, being visited in mountain camps by a bird of paradise, stumbling across an unknown species of rat in the rain forest, and negotiating with the people of the Solomon Islands for what they considered a fair price for entering their land. He offers insights behind scientific reconstruction of ancient species and ties the evolutionary process to more modern-day concerns about a changing environment. Flannery also offers observations on the interconnections of life, love, and resources as we address challenges to the environment. Photographs enhance Flannery’s richly detailed accounts of his work and life as an explorer. --Vanessa Bush
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