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Watching: Encounters with Humans and Other Animals (2006)

by Desmond Morris

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Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. - Sir David Attenborough This is a book about the joys of watching the world. It is autobiographical, but it is not about me; it is about what I have observed. There is no agonised soul-searching, no sneaky kiss-and-tell, no pretentious journey to find the `real me'. I am not interested in myself. But I am fascinated by the world around me and what I have been able to see and record over a period of six decades of professional observation, first as a student of animal behaviour, and then as a student of human behaviour. Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.… (more)
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Dit boek gaat over het plezier waarmee je naar de wereld kunt kijken.
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Opgelet: 'De naakte mens' (isbn 9789026961212) is een vertaling van de autobiografie van Desmond Morris uit 2006. In de jaren '70 verscheen onder dezelfde titel een vertaling van het boek Manwatching.
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Desmond may have given me an insight into human behaviour, but he's given me lots of laughs, too. We think the same things are funny, and he's a brilliant raconteur. - Sir David Attenborough This is a book about the joys of watching the world. It is autobiographical, but it is not about me; it is about what I have observed. There is no agonised soul-searching, no sneaky kiss-and-tell, no pretentious journey to find the `real me'. I am not interested in myself. But I am fascinated by the world around me and what I have been able to see and record over a period of six decades of professional observation, first as a student of animal behaviour, and then as a student of human behaviour. Desmond Morris was born in 1928. Educated at Birmingham and Oxford universities, he became the Curator of Mammals at London Zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years. In 1967 he published The Naked Ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. An accomplished artist, TV presenter, film maker and writer, Desmond Morris's books have been published in over thirty-six countries.

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Dit boek gaat over het plezier waarmee je naar de wereld kan kijken. Het is autobiografisch, maar het gaat niet over mij; het gaat over wat ik heb geobserveerd. Er is geen sprake van gekwelde zielenroerselen, van stiekeme, pikante onthullingen of van een pretentieuze reis op zoek naar mijn 'ware ik'. Want ik ben niet zo geïnteresseerd in mezelf. Wat me wel fascineert is de wereld om me heen en wat ik in zes decennia van professionele observatie - eerst van dieren en later van mensen - heb gezien en opgetekend.
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