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Who on Earth is Dian Fossey?
Dian Fossey dedicated herself to the preservation of African mountain gorillas, a cause that would eventually claim her life. Author Jill Menkes Kushner has written this biography exploring the life and work of Dian Fossey, a pioneering mountain gorilla researcher.
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Part biography, part science textbook, this series presents the stories of six scientists whose pioneering work has helped preserve the natural world. In each volume, readers see how the scientists' love for nature was influenced early in life, what their jobs entailed, and how their work and advocacy has created lasting contributions to the scientific community and the environment. For example, the passionate efforts of Aldo Leopold resulted in the National Wildlife Refuge system today. Through primary sources, many of which come from the scientists' own writing a more immediate look at the scientists' life and work emerges, such as the poetic works of Rachel Carson, which won her fans long before the publication of her most famous and influential book, Silent Spring.
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