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In the Shadow of Man

1971·400 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

classics memoir

This classic tells the story of one of world's greatest scientific adventuresses. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the world. This paperback edition contains 80 photographs and in introduction by Stephen Jay Gould.

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In the Shadow of Man

Year

1971

Pages

400

Type

Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics Literary Fiction Science & Mind

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classics memoir

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This classic tells the story of one of world's greatest scientific adventuresses. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the world. This paperback edition contains 80 photographs and in introduction by Stephen Jay Gould.

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