The Last Blade Sprites

Diario di un Esploratore

Price € 19.60
Corbaccio
- Book - 284 Pages


Year: 2010

exploration still have the charm of mystery, especially when actors are scientists who, in distant lands, leading exciting research in the field. And if the scientist is a staunch environmentalist of international renown, as well as the curiosity for the adventurous part of his life one wonders how it transformed from a passionate researcher and fossils of kangaroos in Australia, in a scholar engaged in the fierce battle on climate change whose books are widely echoed in many countries and a strong influence on political as well as on the common people.

certainly affects the ardor of his first steps as a young biologist, as well as descriptions of places and people he meets, but then a deeper interest in capturing our attention, because it is also ours: the awareness that gradually makes its way in his career, the importance of climate for life on Earth.

This is the leitmotif of his writings, collected over more than twenty years. The determination of Flannery to want to understand how the climate is changing the world and the society involves us and we agree, through reading the diary of an explorer, a key challenge for all: the preservation of our planet.



Tim Flannery was born in Melbourne in 1956 and lives in Sydney where he is Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. Between 1998 and 1999 he was Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard. Scholar highly respected in the course of his career has classified several types of mammals unknown and published several books.