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Godina izdanja: Ostalo
Oblast: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
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Series: Coronet Books
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division (October 1, 1974)
Language: English
Lyall Watson (12 April 1939 – 25 June 2008) was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with coining the `Hundredth Monkey` phenomenon in his 1979 book, Lifetide.[1][2]
He was born in Johannesburg as Malcolm Lyall-Watson. He had an early fascination for nature in the surrounding bush, learning from Zulu and !Kung bushmen. Watson attended boarding school at Rondebosch Boys` High School in Cape Town, completing his studies in 1955. He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1956, where he earned degrees in botany and zoology, before securing an apprenticeship in palaeontology under Raymond Dart, leading on to anthropological studies in Germany and the Netherlands. Later he earned degrees in geology, chemistry, marine biology, ecology and anthropology. He completed a doctorate in ethology at the University of London, under Desmond Morris. He also worked at the BBC writing and producing nature documentaries.
Around this time he shortened his name to Lyall Watson. He served as director of the Johannesburg Zoo, an expedition leader to various locales, and Seychelles commissioner for the International Whaling Commission.
In the late 1980s he presented Channel 4`s coverage of sumo tournaments.[3]
He was married three times. His first two marriages ended in divorce, and his third wife died in 2003. He was the eldest of three brothers, one of whom (Andrew) lived in Gympie, Queensland, Australia. It was while visiting Andrew that he died of a stroke on 25 June 2008.[4][5][6]
Writing career[edit]
Lyall Watson began writing his first book, Omnivore during the early 1960s while under the supervision of Desmond Morris, and wrote more than 21 others.
Bibliography[edit]
Omnivore: The Role of Food in Human Evolution (1972)
Supernature: A Natural History of the Supernatural (1973)
The Romeo Error (1974) (Later reprinted as The Biology of Death)
Gifts of Unknown Things: An Indonesian Adventure (1976)
Lifetide: a Biology of the Unconscious (1979)
Whales of the World: A Field Guide to the Cetaceans (1981)
Lightning Bird: An African Adventure (1982)
Heaven`s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind (1984)
Bali Entranced: A Celebration of Ritual (1985) - published in Japanese only
Earthworks: Ideas on the Edge of Natural History (1986) (Later reprinted as Dreams of Dragons)
Beyond Supernature: A New Natural History of the Supernatural (1986) (Later reprinted as Supernature 2)
The Water Planet: A Celebration of the Wonder of Water (1988)
Neophilia: The Tradition of the New (1989)
Sumo: A Guide to Sumo Wrestling (1989)
The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects (1990)
Lasting Nostalgia: Essays Out of Africa (1992) - published in Japanese only
Turtle Islands: Ritual in Indonesia (1995)
Dark Nature: A Natural History of Evil (1995)
Monsoon: Essays on the Indian Ocean (1996) - published in Japanese only
Lost Cradle: A Collection of Dialogues (1997) - published in Japanese only
Warriors, Warthogs, and Wisdom: Growing up in Africa (1997)
Jacobson`s Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell (2000)
Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant (2002)
The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs (2004)
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