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Title: Through a Window by Jane Goodall ISBN: 0-618-05677-7 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 21 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It takes animals to teach us so much!
Comment: I have always been a fan of Jane Goodall and her wards that she cares about so much. As a former student of anthropology I had the fortune to study(albeit in textbook sense only) the lives of the chimpanzees. Jane's book should be required reading not only for students of anthropology but for any member of the human species. She succeeds in forcing us to realize our place in the world and the ignorance in which we conduct ourselves every day of our lives. This is one of those books that made me feel two ways: one was to be ashamed to be a member of a species capable of such stupidity and cruelty, but at the same time proud that we have people such as Jane Goodall there to open our eyes to that which is right before us. Her relationship with the chimps is nothing short of amazing and inspiring. This book chronicles the years that she has spent with them and presents it to the reader in a way that also allows us to be a part of that relationship. Just as it has been of immense importance to her, she allows us to realize that we too factor into the equation somehow. It is because of that that we all have a responsibility, not only to ourselves but to our children to protect these animals and ensure they have a place alongside us in the future.
Rating: 5
Summary: Read This Book!
Comment: Foremost expert on chimpanzees, not only because of her first-hand, scientific knowledge of them, but because of her empathy with this species who is closer to us in genetic make-up than a gorilla, Jane Goodall's name is synonymous with advocate and scientist. Richard Leaky, world-renown paleoanthropologist, back in 1960 suggested to his secretary that we might learn more about how early man acted if someone conducted a long-term study of our closest relative. His stroke of genius was to suggest that Jane Goodall be the person to conduct this study. In this wonderful book, author and scientist Jane Goodall gives a brief overview of how she got into the chimpanzee business and why such studies are important to us. But, most of the book is about what Mrs. Goodall does best-observe chimpanzees. I mean really watch them, catalogue their every movement, watch every facial expression, every action, follow them through war, sex, discovery, grooming, interacting with other species, being born, growing up, getting themselves killed, and even finding things to laugh about. What Jane Goodall's four-decade work with chimpanzees has taught us is how appalling ignorant we are about the animals living today, and the inestimable loss we have incurred by not having done similar studies on the species we have extincted. If you don't know who Jane Goodall is (she's near the very top of my hero list) then pick up this book and find out.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thirty Years of Goodall Research in Gombe
Comment: Jane Goodall's contributions to our knowledge of chimpanzees has been remarkable. Because she first arrived in Africa completely untrained as an observer of animal behavior, she was able to bring a humanist's instincts to her work; her natural ability to see details and connections, as well as her affection for her subjects, culminated in published results that rocked the scientific community. THROUGH A WINDOW picks up her observations where IN THE SHADOW OF MAN left off. Here, she follows the lives mostly of the children of the original group. She has organized her chapters by theme: Mothers and Daughters, Sons and Mothers, War, Power, Love, and more. Within these chapters, she explores the specific lives of the Gombe chimps and their relationships with their relatives and group members. By tackling specific topics of behavior, she is able to fully integrate the range of her experiences, from first observations to those made thirty years later. As Goodall is quick to point out, what she assumed at first did not necessarily prove to hold fast over time.
No less fascinating than IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, this book is extraordinary for its insight into chimpanzee personalities, relationships, and culture. If you have never before read Goodall's books, you will be surprised by the strong echoes of human behavior in these wild and highly individual chimpanzees. Goodall has made enormous contributions to our understanding of non-human primates, and should be widely read.
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Title: In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall ISBN: 0618056769 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 21 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall ISBN: 0671562711 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Ten Trusts : What We Must Do to Care for The Animals We Love by Jane Goodall, Marc Bekoff ISBN: 0062517570 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Reason for Hope by Phillip Jane/Berman Goodall ISBN: 0446676136 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey ISBN: 061808360X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 06 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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