A Primate's Memoir
Published on 4. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-09-928577-9 (ISBN)
Description
Book-smart and more than a little naive, Robert Sapolsky left the comforts of college in the US for a research project studying a troop of baboons in Kenya. Whether he's relating his adventures with his neighbours, Masai tribesmen, or his experiences learning how to sneak up and dart suspicious baboons, Sapolsky combines irreverence and humour with the best credentials in his field.
A Primate's Memoir is the culmination of over two decades of experience and research - an exhilarating, hilarious and daring memoir, and an astonishing masterpiece of the people and nature of Africa.
A Primate's Memoir is the culmination of over two decades of experience and research - an exhilarating, hilarious and daring memoir, and an astonishing masterpiece of the people and nature of Africa.
Reviews / Votes
One of the most engrossing, exhilarating and irreverent books on Africa and its wildlife ever published * Financial Times * Smart, stylish, distinctive... A magnificent tale of morality among the hamfisted machiavellians * Independent * Splendidly written and entertaining... ACE. Buy this book now * Scotsman * Flies along like a well-paced and finely crafted novel...[giving] us a cast of characters as memorably colorful as any that Dickens ever created * Newsweek * One of the best scientist-writers of our time -- Oliver SacksMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-928577-9 (9780099285779)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Robert M. Sapolsky
A Primate's Memoir
E-Book
04/2011
1st Edition
Vintage Digital
€9.49
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Person
Robert Sapolsky is Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University, and a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. He lives in San Francisco.