Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe - Hardcover

Lindsey, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556709471 ISBN 13: 9781556709470

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc, 1999

Synopsis

On the occasion of Dr Jane Goodall''s 40th anniversary of research with the chimpanzees of Gombe, this illustrated volume traces the story of her work from its singular beginning to the Jane Goodall Institute''s present day international activities.'

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Review:

Jane Goodall is the most famous primatologist, possibly the most famous field biologist, of the 20th century. Her chimpanzee research did more to increase human knowledge of the lives of our closest relatives than that of any other scientist. It's in large part due to her example that primatology is the closest thing to a female-dominated science.

But in 1986 Goodall gave up fieldwork for a higher, more pressing calling: rescuing chimpanzees from inhumane conditions in captivity and preserving the species from extinction. Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe is a pictorial tribute to her life, her studies of the chimpanzees and her unflagging efforts to motivate human beings on their behalf.

"Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference." Goodall began her research by giving the chimpanzees names, by observing them as non-human individuals. Her activism is directed toward the human individuals: scientists who use apes in research, Africans who live near wild apes, children in Africa and in the industrialised world who can learn to value other creatures for themselves. Goodall says of this last project that "I think Roots & Shoots is probably the reason I came into the world. Yet I couldn't have done it without all those years with the chimpanzees and an understanding that led to a blurring of the line between 'man' and 'beasts.'" --Mary Ellen Curtin,Amazon.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1556709471
• ISBN 13: 9781556709470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128