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David Suzuki : The Autobiography.
Title:
David Suzuki : The Autobiography.
Author:
Suzuki, David.
ISBN:
9781926685137
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
Cover page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Preface -- One My Happy Childhood in Racist British Columbia -- Two College and a Burgeoning Career -- Three A New Career -- Four Stand-ups and Fall-downs -- Five Family Matters -- Six Haida Gwaii and the Stein Valley -- Seven Adventures in the Amazon -- Eight Protecting Paiakan's Forest Home -- Nine A Step Back in Time -- Ten Down Under -- Eleven Starting the David Suzuki Foundation -- Twelve Up and Running -- Thirteen Rio and the Earth Summit -- Fourteen Papua New Guinea -- Fifteen Kyoto and Climate Change -- Sixteen Reflections on Science and Technology -- Seventeen A Culture of Celebrity -- Eighteen Thoughts as I Grow Old -- Index.
Abstract:
David SuzukiâÂÂs autobiography limns a life dedicated to making the world a better place. The book expands on the early years covered in Metamorphosis and continues to the present, when, at age 70, Suzuki reflects on his entire life àand his hopes for the future. The book begins with his life-changing experience of racism interned in a World War II concentration camp, and goes on to discuss his teenage years, his college and postgraduate experiences in the U.S., and his career as a geneticist and then as the host of The Nature of Things. With characteristic candor and passion, he describes how he became a leading environmentalist, writer, and thinker; the establishment of the David Suzuki Foundation; his world travels and meetings with luminaries like Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama; and the abiding role of nature and family in his life. David Suzuki is an intimate and inspiring look at a modern-day visionary.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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