Christopher Bird
Christopher Bird (born May 11, 1928 in Norwood (Massachusetts) , USA, † May 2, 1996 in Blairsville , Georgia ) was an American botanist and science journalist .
Christopher Bird studied botany . He served in the U.S. Army and eventually became a science journalist. The world of unusual scientific phenomena soon became his specialty. Bird traveled all over the world and mastered many languages including Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Serbo-Croatian. For several years he was Vice President of the "Planetary Association for Clean Energy" (PACE).
Works
- The Secret Life of Plants (with Peter Tompkins , 1973, German 1977), ISBN 3596219779
- Nikola Tesla: Great Scientist, Forgotten Genius (with Oliver Nichelson, 1977)
- The prophetic hand or the mystery of divining ( The Divining Hand ) (1979, dt. 1987), ISBN 3891640188
- The Secrets of the Soil (with Peter Tompkins, 1989, German 1991), ISBN 3930243105
- The Trial and Persecution of Gaston Naessens (originally as: The Galileo of the Microscope , 1991) ( Online Version ( Memento from January 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))
- Modern Vegetable Gardening (1993), ISBN 1558212566
Web links
- Literature by and about Christopher Bird in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary (Obituary) by Ralph W. Moss
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bird, Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American botanist and science journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1996 |
| Place of death | Blairsville, Georgia |