From the personal to the primate, Sy Montgomery explores the science, wisdom, and living experience of three of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.Used Very Good (1 available) Used book that is in excellent condition. In high school, she earned an athletic letter for her riding skills.
Her childhood was marked by her strong love for animalsshe became an eager horsewoman at age 6, and wanted to be a veterinarian when she grew up. Fossey was raised by her mother and stepfather. Birut, along with Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, is one of three women recruited by Louis Leakey to conduct long - term. womenJane Goodall, Diane Fossey, and Birut Galdikasbroke scientific. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanitys closest cousins. Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco in 1932, and Jane Goodall in London in 1934. Their combined accomplishments have been mind-blowing, as Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas forever changed how we think of our closest evolutionary relatives, of ourselves, and of how to conduct good science. Book cover of Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birut. When Jane Goodall and her peers Dian Fossey and Birut Galdikas began their longitudinal studies of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, respectively. Wilson, are associated with a broader spectrum of environmental issues. All three began their work as protegees of the great Anglo-African archeologist Louis Leakey, and each spent years in the field, allowing the apes to become their familiars-and ultimately waging battles to save them from extinction in the wild. Dian Fossey and Birut Galdikas are associated with particular groups of animalsgorillas and chimpanzees, respectively. Jane Goodall has worked with the chimpanzees of Gombe for nearly 50 years Diane Fossey died in 1985 defending the mountain gorillas of Rwanda and Birut# Galdikas lives in intimate proximity to the orangutans of Borneo. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's closest cousins. Reprint of the now out-of-print first edition without changes.
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