Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists
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| Item Description: | Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Australian Nature Discovered; The Fussy Pyrate and the Hippo; Where in Philosophers Are Puzzled; The French Connection; Naturalising in an Age of Revolution; Putting Australian Nature On The Map; A Taste of the Devil, the Kangaroo and Parkinson's Fig; An Unheralded Young Man; Scrubbed from the Map; Pioneering Ladies; Australia Expanded; The Pursuit of Platypuses; The Mystery of the Watling Collection; The Pursuit of Glittering Prizes; Makers Of Their Own Fates; Curiosity Killed the Botanist; Death in the North; Boomerang Screws and Big Wombats The Case of the Large-bellied FishA Victim of Fighting Men; True-Blue Naturalists; The Excellent Baron; Marketing Australian Nature; Sisters with Honorary Status Among the Chaps; A Voice from the Bush; A Mere Flower Painter; Bagging the Bunyip; Australia Live; A Painting Coroner; The Business of Nature; The Gentleman Painter; The Mammalian Egg's Tale; Acknowledgements; Chapter Endnotes; List of Illustrations; Index Curious Minds: The Discoveries of Australian Naturalists looks at the long line of naturalists who have traversed Australia in search of new plants and animals. Identifying and classifying the unfamiliar plants and animals was their biggest challenge?the early ones were frequently wrong but later naturalists were able to build on and learn from previous mistakes. In time, a new breed of homegrown naturalists emerged. This succession of curious minds would help to foster pride in a developing nation, as well an interest in the preservation of natural history. Curious Minds brings to life the st Includes bibliographical references and index |
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