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• Title : The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge
• Author : Jamie James
• Rating : 4.86 (935 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-6-1
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 288 Pages
• Asin : 140130995X
• Language : English

This sensitive, fascinating exploration of a scientist's quest for knowledge deepens with relentless suspense into a classic tale of a man's fight for survival in the wilderness."Linda Greenlaw, author of The Hungry Ocean"This book will aston

This sensitive, fascinating exploration of a scientist's quest for knowledge deepens with relentless suspense into a classic tale of a man's fight for survival in the wilderness."Linda Greenlaw, author of The Hungry Ocean"This book will astonish and delight anyone who believes that the great age of biological collecting is over."Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. "A dramatic and moving story, told by an author who clearly understands that his subject is not simply about a man's cruel and ironic death but also about his life, his spirit, and his dreams."Booklist"Absorbing, stylishly written account of the life and career of a cel

He has lived in Indonesia since 1999, where he continues to write for top American newspapers and magazines, including the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveler, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal. Jamie James is the author of eight books, including Music of the Spheres, Other Origins, and Eccentrics: A Study in Sanity and Strangeness.

It is the most ambitious scientific expedition ever mounted into this remote region, brought to a dramatic halt by the bite of the many-banded krait, the deadliest serpent in Asia. Thus begins one of the most remarkable wilderness rescue attempts of modern times. Joe Slowinski, at 38 already one of the most brilliant biologists of our time. In The Snake Charmer, renowned journalist and author Jamie James captures the life and death of the fascinating and charismatic Joe Slowinski--a man whose career was fast and exciting, and whose tragic final expedition became a pulse-pounding struggle between man and nature.. In the fall of 2001, deep in the jungle of Burma, a team of scientists searches for rare snakes.

They are led by Dr

In between, James recounts raucous tales of a young scientist catching venomous snakes barehanded and traveling the world.One of James' best tricks is to interweave short biographies of the snakes along with the biography of Slowinski. patterns, stitching, etc.), it's quite good at giving a solid visual representation of the changes that occurred during these centuries, and as such I think it's a great starting point for study.As other reviewers have mentioned, the illustrations in here are redrawn from primary sources, so serious students of costuming will want to look at the primary sources whenever possible. I felt the researcher who died was reckless.. And Mr. The presentation is solid and tight.One advantage over Scruton's older introduction, by the way, is that Steinberg has taken into account certain more recent works on Spinoza -- including material from the conferences at the Jerusalem Spinoza Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (edited by Yirmiyahu Y