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Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability

Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability


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Table of Contents:
Foreword by Edward O. Wilson Preface 1. Family Roots 2. A Strange Enchanted Boy 3. Botanical Prodigy 4. Formal Training 5. England 6. Stanford 7. Expansion and Changes 8. New Zealand 9. The Missouri Botanical Garden 10. Global Reach 11. Conservation Around the World 12. Champion of Science, Education, and International Cooperation 13. Professional Recognition and Personal Tumult 14. New Adventures at Career’s End Epilogue: Toward a Green Awakening Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Sources and Credits Index

About the Author :
Peter H. Raven is president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden. An internationally renowned botanist and conservation advocate, he is the author of numerous books and has received a number of honors and awards, including the National Medal of Science and a MacArthur Fellowship.  

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"From his green awakening as a young boy, collecting butterflies and beetles, to his leadership of the famed Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter Raven tells the extraordinary story of his encounter with plants and other organisms. An incredible life journey takes him from Madagascar to China and countless places in between as he searches to understand the diverse species that form our web of life. In clear and understandable prose, Raven shows the beauty and complexity of nature and the tragedy of its mass extinctions. It is a human story that also carries a timely warning." "Pull up a chair for a front row seat to the birth of humanity’s realization that our future is dependent on a fragile and finite biosphere and to the story of the farsighted science leader who turned a Midwestern U.S. botanical garden into a global institution for environmental sustainability." "This book recounts in fascinating detail the ways in which his long, varied life and deeply inquisitive mind have allowed Peter Raven to contribute so  much, both to his colleagues and to science generally.” “The book’s range is wide for a text that is only about 350 pages. . .  Throughout the autobiography, Raven recounts in straightforward prose a history of developments, donors and doers. . . . For a St. Louis reader, the book is a reminder of how the botanical garden evolved over the decades.” “To read Driven by Nature is to be inspired by the intimate journey of a passionate man who has left an indelible mark on the fields of botany and conservation biology. . . Driven by Nature is a testament to how an ambitious and wonderful person has positively affected the people around and the world at large.” "Here we have a major success story based on a love of natural history from the age of seven and a career that never lost that devotion, but which produced one of the most influential botanists of the past century." "Vivid." "Aptly titled, beautifully written, and inspirational. . . Raven’s autobiography delivers both historical perspective and thought-provoking reading."   "The book is written in an engaging style, and Raven’s plainspoken warmth and humor comes through clearly. It is suffused with anecdotes that give color and texture to the formative events in his life. I highly recommend it to all those who wish to know more about the person behind so many profound contributions to our field. To paraphrase his point about philanthropists, it can be inspiring to learn how botanical legends are, after all, just people."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781935641193
  • Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 408
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 739 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1935641190
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global Sustainability
  • Width: 152 mm


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