Living Planet: A new, fully updated edition of David Attenborough’s seminal portrait of life on Earth
我們的星球:21世紀全新版
內容介紹
*AMAZON Ecotourism生態旅遊類、Environmental Philosophy銷售榜首。
《LIVING PLANET》於1984年首次出版，是一部自然史經典。全球以13種語言（克羅埃西亞語、捷克語、荷蘭語、法語、希伯來語、匈牙利語、義大利語、日語、葡萄牙語、俄語、塞爾維亞語、西班牙語和瑞典語）銷售。
在這個全新的版本中，作者David Attenborough在動物學家Matthew Cobb的幫助下，添加了最新的生態學和生物學發現，以及一個全彩色的64頁的攝影照片。並提到了我們生存的星球所面臨的緊迫問題: 氣候變化、污染和物種大規模滅絕。
我們的星球上沒有任何地方是沒有生命的。植物和動物在每一個極端的氣候和棲息地都能茁壯成長或生存。單個物種，往往是整個社區都在適應，以充分利用冰蓋和苔原、森林和平原、沙漠、海洋和火山。這些適應性可以是真正非凡的：在半空中行走或在葉子上產卵的魚；會飛的蛇；像鹿一樣吃草的不會飛的鳥；以及腳底長毛的熊。
在《LIVING PLANET》中，作者David Attenborough以其敏銳的洞察力、不屈不撓的好奇心和富有感染力的熱情，解釋和闡明瞭這些動物群落錯綜複雜的生活，從喜馬拉雅山的孤獨高處到在我們生活的環境--城市中的野生生物。在本書結束時，很難說哪一個更令人吃驚--是個別物種謀生的聰明才智，還是它們彼此之間以及與我們星球提供的棲息地之間相互依存的複雜性。
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作者介紹
作者David Attenborough爵士是世界領先的自然學家和傳播者。他傑出的職業生涯跨越了60多年，他對自然歷史廣播和電影製作的非凡貢獻為他帶來了國際聲譽，從《地球上的生命》到《冰凍星球》，從《地球星球》到《藍色星球》。他獲得了許多專業獎項、榮譽和功績，包括CBE和OM，並在1985年被封為爵士。
書評
Praise for the New Edition of Life on Earth:
‘It does not disappoint. The new Life on Earth is as glorious as the first’ Guardian
‘A beautiful and wide ranging work. The breadth of natural history covered is extraordinary and mesmerising. Life on Earth is still breathtakingly rich, and we would know far less about it were it not for Attenborough’s wonderful skills of communication over the years: our cultural and scientific lives would be poorer without him’ New Scientist
‘This natural history masterpiece offers a spectacular snapshot of a once-wild planet’ New Scientist
Praise for David Attenborough:
‘A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging’ Telegraph
‘An elegant and gently funny writer’ The Times
‘His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise’ Daily Express
‘A great educator as well as a great naturalist’ Barack Obama
‘Sir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas . . . the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcasting’ Louis Theroux
‘When I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David's programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planet’ HRH Prince William