The Unexpected Universe The Unexpected Universe

The Unexpected Universe

A Library of America eBook Classic

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Publisher Description

“No one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley . . . ” —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast
 
At the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe, he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about the natural world, and the qualities that led many to hail him as a “modern Thoreau.” Fascinating accounts of the journeys of Odysseus, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin frame Eiseley’s more modest wanderings as a suburban naturalist, attentive to the lives of small creatures. Sometimes he travels no further than the local dump. And yet, like Homer’s hero or these great explorers, he continually finds a universe “not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2016
November 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
186
Pages
PUBLISHER
Library of America
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
706.3
KB

Customer Reviews

Saralee~ ,

Finally!

Thank you very much for putting this up online as an eBook version. Loren Eiseley's books been out of print since a very long time and were very hard to find anywhere. Such a great writer his books and essays must not be forgotten. Thank you again I hope to see more of his work here.

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