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Lyall Watson (1939–2008)

Autor/a de Supernature

35+ obres 2,030 Membres 24 Ressenyes 3 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Lyall Watson is the author of over twenty books, including the bestseller "Supernature". He lives in Ireland. (Publisher Provided) Scientist Lyall Watson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He received degrees in botany and zoology from the University of Witwatersrand. He would later receive mostra'n més degrees in geology, chemistry, marine biology, ecology, and anthropology. He received a doctorate in ethology from the University of London. He had numerous jobs including working as a producer and reporter of nature documentaries for the BBC, designing zoos, serving as director of the Johannesburg Zoo, running a safari company in Kenya, and creating a whale sanctuary in Seychelles. He introduced the hundredth monkey theory to explain the sudden and inexplicable transmission of behavior and ideas across social groups. He wrote numerous books including Supernature: A Natural History of the Supernatural, Lifetide: A Biology of the Unconscious, The Romeo Error, and The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs. He died from a stroke caused by Lewy body dementia on June 25, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Inclou aquests noms: Watson Lyall, Lyall Watson

Crèdit de la imatge: Lyall Watson website via Wikipedia

Obres de Lyall Watson

Supernature (1973) 398 exemplars
Gifts of Unknown Things (1976) 184 exemplars
Dark Nature: A Nature History of Evil (1995) — Autor — 175 exemplars
Lifetide (1979) 115 exemplars
Supernature II (1987) 26 exemplars
Warriors, Warthogs and Wisdom (1997) 21 exemplars
Water Planet (1988) 16 exemplars
Sumo (1988) 14 exemplars
Omnivore (1973) 10 exemplars
Neophilia (1989) 10 exemplars
The Biology of Death (1987) 5 exemplars
Storia del vento (2020) 4 exemplars
American Cockroach 3 exemplars
共鳴する神々 1 (1) (2000) 1 exemplars
De regenmaker (1985) 1 exemplars
The Omnivorous Ape. (1971) 1 exemplars
La Marée de la vie (1981) 1 exemplars
Jacobson's Organ 1 exemplars
Il lbro del vento 1 exemplars

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Jacobson's Organ is an area of the nose, you dirty pervert. According to the author there is a debate over whether or not this organ actually exists, but he makes a pretty good case for it. This book is a great example of non-fiction that is a pleasure to read.
 
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blueskygreentrees | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jul 30, 2023 |
It took me a long time to finish this one. I was interested for two reasons: I had heard of Jacobson's organs but only in snakes, and the author proposes that the same organ is not only present but active and important in mammals including humans, and also that I have lost some degree of my sense of smell (anosmia) and hoped for some illumination of this condition. Well, he did discuss both of these things but so much of the book was speculative or even fanciful extrapolation that I found whole chapters a tedious slog. Still, here and there were interesting bits, so someone interested in topics such as pheromones or perfumery will find things worth reading.… (més)
 
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JudyGibson | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jan 26, 2023 |
No clue what to make of this on a scientific level, but as a look at how/why people might be interested in/try to explain the inexplicable, it's pretty interesting.
 
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