Hugo van Lawick (1937–2002)
Autore di In the Shadow of Man
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: hugovanlawick.com
Opere di Hugo van Lawick
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Baron van Lawick
- Data di nascita
- 1937-04-10
- Data di morte
- 2002-06-02
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Netherlands
- Luogo di nascita
- Surabaya, Indonesia
- Luogo di morte
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Attività lavorative
- cinematographer
wildlife photographer
film director - Relazioni
- Goodall, Jane (wife|divorced)
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- Opere
- 14
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 1,828
- Popolarità
- #14,076
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 11
Most of this book doesn't read like a science book, which is one reason I enjoyed it so much. It's written like a memoir of Goodall's famous accounts with the chimps. There are a ton of various stories she tells depending on the topic of the chapter. Part of this remind me of those pulp adventure stories, but Goodall is the real deal. There are a lot of facts she states in this book as well. Some of the facts I knew previously either from other animal books or listening to her on the television. There are also facts that I didn't know of too. I didn't really realize chimps not only ate fruit, but they will attack baboons and eat their meat.
I also loved the photos Hugo van Lawick took. Most people just give Goodall credit for all of this and you really can't, she certainly doesn't. The photos in this book are worth the look. All of the photos have emotions attached to them. I think the cover of this edition of the book is the cutest thing ever. Goodall does a great job telling you which chimp is which by giving each one a name, but I think the photos help but faces to them and giving them more personality.
The only parts I didn't care for as much was the chimp sex. Remember Far Side? Remember how Gary Larson did a cartoon of a female chimp finding blond hair on a male chimp's back? Well after reading this book I see even more humor with that cartoon than before. I'm glad Goodall thought that was funny as well. You can tell she has a sense of humor in this book at various points too. I just think the chimp sex went on a little too long, but I think those parts were very much needed. She was writing everything she observed. Why leave out anything?
As much as I enjoyed this book, I'm not sure I want to read all of Goodall's books. Some of them don't look as interesting to me at least. Maybe I'll pick them up and be surprised? This book does inspire me to go out and observe animals and humans better.… (altro)