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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 Suzuki’s 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 — and 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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