Desmond Morris
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...
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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.
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Birth date: January 24, 1928
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Morris makes a great song and dance about the 'outrage' with which his book was first received. Why, he wonders, are people so resistant to contemplating, in the cool light of scientific 'objectivity', their 'animal nature'? However, Morris' claim to neutrality is highly suspect. He urges us to lear...
Desmond Morris's 1967 science bestseller NAKED APE deserves some credit for being ahead of its time, but 46 years later, the avalanche of more readable, and more information dense works has notably diminished its appeal. not an absolute horrible read, at the same time, the book can't be recommended ...
I don't know what sort of re-packaged edition I read originally, but it was a short, coffee-table sized hardback, with full-sized, four-colour photos of women's pupils dilating. It seems men automatically find the same photo of a woman, but with larger pupils, more attractive. I thought I'd discover...
Riveting read. Sure puts everything in perspective.
An easily read book on what makes a cat tick...or more accurately purr. It's a nice little reference book structured with questions and answers on almost any area of cat behavior. Now I know why my cats leave dead mice on the door step and why they make that weird chattering sound when they watch bi...
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