La bocca dell'inferno
- 377 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Bill Schutt Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Bill Schutt sa zameriava na fascinujúce, často prehliadané aspekty prírodného sveta. Ako bývalý profesor biológie a výskumný pracovník v múzeu prináša do svojho písania hlbokú vedeckú expertízu. Jeho diela skúmajú neobvyklé témy od kanibalizmu v živočíšnej ríši po prírodnú históriu srdca. Schutt má talent na sprístupnenie zložitých vedeckých konceptov širokej verejnosti prostredníctvom pútavého rozprávania.
Wellcome Collection: Eat Me
A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Cannibalism. It's the last, greatest taboo: the stuff of urban legends and ancient myths, airline crashes and Captain Cook. But while we might get a thrill at the thought of the black widow spider's gruesome mating habits or the tragic fate of the 19th-century Donner Party pioneers, today cannibalism belongs to history - or, at the very least, the realm of the weird, the rare and the very far away. Doesn't it? Here, zoologist Bill Schutt digs his teeth into the subject to find an answer that is as surprising as it is unsettling
Dark Banquet
- 325 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
A witty and informative look inside the world of animals that feed on blood examines the ecological roles and life cycles of the vampire bat, leeches, ticks, mites, bedbugs, and a feared vampire fish known as the candiru.