Through Eugène Dubois' eyes

Stills of a turbulent life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Eugène Dubois, the man who found the “missing link” between apes and humans, intended to write a book about his finds in Indonesia. He never finished it. In this current volume the outlines of Dubois’ book are reconstructed. Recently discovered correspondence with his intended publisher shed new light on the troublesome character of Dubois and his inability to communicate with the scientific establishment.This volume also discloses the vast amount of photographic material that is part of the Dubois Collection at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands. As Pat Shipman summarizes it in her preface: “[...] what this book offers, it is more: more images, more letters, more details, more insight into the workings of a brilliant but unquestionably difficult man of science. We shall not see Dubois' like again so it is doubly fortunate that Albers and de Vos have uncovered so much about his life.”

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-14
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004183001

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Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Paul C.H. Albers (1965) PhD. Managing Editor of Behaviour. Guest-researcher at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands on the Dubois collection and on triassic fossils from the Winterswijk quarries.John de Vos (1947) Permanent researcher at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands, specializing on taxonomic, systematic, geographic, stratigraphic research of the Pleistocene mammals of the Netherlands and Southeast Asia, in relation to fossil man.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Pat ShipmanNote from the authorsIntroductionDubois and his Pithecanthropus SiwalikThe discussion about PithecanthropusPersonal stuffThe letterFamilyThe book part I: The Indonesian collectionUnderstatementsContentsSpeciesPithecanthropus and its comparative materialCharacterMartinThe death of De StoppelaarDistractionsPhotographyFool’s errandsTegelenSaving the Netherlands from thirstKallilimneThe book part II: The Peltenburg eraSelenka Finale Epilogue The Dubois collection in the Netherlands Appendix I: The Brill correspondence Appendix II: Glass negatives and positivesAppendix III: Selection of photographs Acknowledgements