{"product_id":"through-eugene-dubois-eyes-stills-of-a-turbulent-life-hardcover","title":"Through Eugène Dubois' Eyes: Stills of a Turbulent Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul C. H. Albers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn De Vos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugène Dubois, the man who found the \"missing link\" between apes and humans, intended to write a book about his finds in Indonesia. He never finished it. In this current volume the outlines of Dubois' book are reconstructed. Recently discovered correspondence with his intended publisher shed new light on the troublesome character of Dubois and his inability to communicate with the scientific establishment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume also discloses the vast amount of photographic material that is part of the Dubois Collection at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands. As Pat Shipman summarizes it in her preface: \"[...] what this book offers, it is more: more images, more letters, more details, more insight into the workings of a brilliant but unquestionably difficult man of science. We shall not see Dubois' like again so it is doubly fortunate that Albers and de Vos have uncovered so much about his life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEug ne Dubois, the man who found the missing link between apes and humans, intended to write a book about his finds in Indonesia. He never finished it. In this current volume the outlines of Dubois book are reconstructed. Recently discovered correspondence with his intended publisher shed new light on the troublesome character of Dubois and his inability to communicate with the scientific establishment. This volume also discloses the vast amount of photographic material that is part of the Dubois Collection at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands. As Pat Shipman summarizes it in her preface: [...] what this book offers, it is more: more images, more letters, more details, more insight into the workings of a brilliant but unquestionably difficult man of science. We shall not see Dubois' like again so it is doubly fortunate that Albers and de Vos have uncovered so much about his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul C.H. Albers\u003c\/b\u003e (1965) PhD. Managing Editor of \u003ci\u003eBehaviour\u003c\/i\u003e. Guest-researcher at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands on the Dubois collection and on triassic fossils from the Winterswijk quarries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn de Vos\u003c\/b\u003e (1947) Permanent researcher at Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands, specializing on taxonomic, systematic, geographic, stratigraphic research of the Pleistocene mammals of the Netherlands and Southeast Asia, in relation to fossil man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48629250326749,"sku":"9789004183001","price":182.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/JQzqBP2bkF9789004183001.webp?v=1789793515","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/through-eugene-dubois-eyes-stills-of-a-turbulent-life-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}