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Beschreibung
Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. -- Sir David Attenborough
This is a book about the joys of watching the world.
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Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years.

In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever.

An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.

Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. -- Sir David Attenborough
This is a book about the joys of watching the world.
>

Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years.

In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever.

An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.

Über den Autor
Desmond Morris was born in Wiltshire in 1928.

In 1967 his book The Naked Ape was published becoming one of the top 100 bestsellers of all time. During his long life he has published:

  • 48 scientific papers,
  • written over 80 books,
  • and has been published in 43 different languages.

Between 1956 and 1998, he presented more than 700 television programmes.

He has also produced over 3,400 paintings and has held 60 solo exhibitions.

In 1968 he and his wife, Ramona, moved to Malta where their son Jason was born. Returning to take up a research fellowship at Oxford in 1974, he began studying human body language and in 1977, his book Manwatching was published.

He remained in Oxford until 2019, when, following the death of his wife, he moved to Ireland to live near to his family there. And at the age of 94 he is still actively writing and painting.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9789895351619
ISBN-10: 9895351615
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Morris, Desmond
Hersteller: Can of Worms Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 176 x 244 x 51 mm
Von/Mit: Desmond Morris
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2022
Gewicht: 1,27 kg
Artikel-ID: 125728925