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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jules HowardPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Sigma Weight: 0.252kg ISBN: 9781472915092ISBN 10: 1472915097 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 18 May 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: THIS IS A DEAD FROG Chapter 1: Life and Death in the Universe Chapter 2: Senescence and What Waits for the Lucky Few Chapter 3: Fear and Loathing in Birchwood Chapter 4: Free Radicals and the Secrets Within Chapter 5: This is a Dead Frog PART 2: THE EXPERIMENTAL PIG PHASE Chapter 6: The Circus under the Tent Chapter 7: Sex and Death: The Contract Killer Chapter 8: Coffee with the Widow-maker Chapter 9: Suicide, Snowy Owls and the Executioner Insider Chapter 10: This is Not a Sheep Chapter 11: The Grotto Salamander and the Guano Chapter 12: The Horrid Ground-weaver Chapter 13: Dark Matters PART 3: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE SHITATITE Chapter 14: Bring out your Dead Ants Chapter 15: Mourning has Broken Chapter 16: Who Wants to Live Forever? Chapter 17: No, this is a Dead Frog Epilogue: The Meaning of the Loa Loa Acknowledgements IndexReviewsAn altogether eye-opening, engaging, and enjoyably humorous (but never distasteful) guided tour through the world of death. Science What becomes clear in this impossibly bouncy, Tiggerish work is that living things have more ways of dying than we could ever imagine. Daily Mail ... funny, clever, but also chock full of science ... a book that's a genuine pleasure to read. Discover Magazine A fascinating read that offers incredible snippets about how life is never wasted, and provides a fresh, less gloomy outlook on our ultimate fate. BBC Wildlife Death on Earth fizzes with with life. Howard, whether dressed in waterproof trousers to protect him from rotting pig flesh, or clutching a dead magpie to his chest while looking for a suitable place to watch it decay, makes for the most extraordinary psychopomp. I cried with laughter as he tackled this most persistent of taboos, and yet at the same time was strangely moved by the intensity of his care. It has been oddly reassuring to walk alongside Jules on his exploration of the last great frontier. -- Katharine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder Jules Howard celebrates wonderful, vibrant life in the face of death. Drawing on what we can learn from the living, from the cells in your body to geriatric clams and naked mole rats, he allows us to approach and even appreciate why lives, like all good stories, have endings. -- Brian Switek, author of My Beloved Brontosaurus Hidden in a breezy overview of death in the animal kingdom rages a life-and-death war that puts into perspective our human struggles with mortality. Death on Earth gives us insight into who we are and why we are special - and not so special - when compared to our animal brethren. -- Megan Rosenbloom, director of Death Salon An altogether eye-opening, engaging, and enjoyably humorous (but never distasteful) guided tour through the world of death. Science What becomes clear in this impossibly bouncy, Tiggerish work is that living things have more ways of dying than we could ever imagine. Daily Mail ... funny, clever, but also chock full of science ... a book that's a genuine pleasure to read. Discover Magazine A fascinating read that offers incredible snippets about how life is never wasted, and provides a fresh, less gloomy outlook on our ultimate fate. BBC Wildlife Genuinely funny and busy with intriguing detail ... Howard shares with science writers like Ed Yong an aptitude for teaming attention-grabbing zoology with astute and well-researched analysis. New Humanist Death on Earth fizzes with with life. Howard, whether dressed in waterproof trousers to protect him from rotting pig flesh, or clutching a dead magpie to his chest while looking for a suitable place to watch it decay, makes for the most extraordinary psychopomp. I cried with laughter as he tackled this most persistent of taboos, and yet at the same time was strangely moved by the intensity of his care. It has been oddly reassuring to walk alongside Jules on his exploration of the last great frontier. -- Katharine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder Jules Howard celebrates wonderful, vibrant life in the face of death. Drawing on what we can learn from the living, from the cells in your body to geriatric clams and naked mole rats, he allows us to approach and even appreciate why lives, like all good stories, have endings. -- Brian Switek, author of My Beloved Brontosaurus Hidden in a breezy overview of death in the animal kingdom rages a life-and-death war that puts into perspective our human struggles with mortality. Death on Earth gives us insight into who we are and why we are special - and not so special - when compared to our animal brethren. -- Megan Rosenbloom, director of Death Salon Author InformationJules Howard is a zoologist, writer, blogger and broadcaster. He writes on a host of topics relating to zoology and wildlife conservation, writing regularly for BBC Wildlife Magazine and the Guardian, and on radio and TV including BBC Breakfast, Sunday Brunch, Springwatch and BBC 5 Live. Jules also runs a social enterprise that has brought 100,000 young people closer to the natural world. Death on Earth is his second book, following 2014's Sex on Earth. www.juleshoward.co.uk / @juleshoward Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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