The scientists behind living things
By: Robert Snedden
Series: Sci-hi; Sci-hi (London, England)
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781406220605
Subjects: Life scientists; Juvenile literature; Life sciences; Nature; Non-Fiction 13+
Description: Looks at some important biologists and botanists, historical and modern and from a range of cultures.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
Table of contents: title: The living planet; title: Carolus Linnaeus and the tree of life; title: Carl Woese and the extremophiles; title: George Forrest: plant hunter; title: Mushrooms and other fungi; title: Margaret Lowman: "Canopy Meg"; title: Insect planet; title: Sylvia Earle: undersea explorer; title: Konrad Lorenz: animal behaviour pioneer; title: Birds; title: George Schaller: field biologist; title: Jane Goodall and the Gombe chimpanzees; title: Learning about life.