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A Man and His Cow: The Fateful Expedition of Naturalist Georg Steller

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A Man and His Cow: The Fateful Expedition of Naturalist Georg Steller
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This book is a biography of Georg Steller, an extraordinary scientist with an insatiable curiosity, incredible diligence, and a rare breadth of interests. Steller served as a naturalist on Vitus Bering's Great Northern Expedition and left us invaluable material on the natural environments of Kamchatka, Alaska, and the Far East.
The animal discovered by Steller, the Steller's cow, disappeared from the face of the earth in just 27 years. "Steller's cow died, and the world became a slightly lonelier place again." This phrase belongs to marine zoologist Victor B. Schaeffer, and it's hard to describe extinction better. Human responsibility, our role, and our place among our fellow planetary species—these are the themes Koivisto explores in his book.

The author has successfully transformed scientific material into a gripping, readable novel.
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