David Quammen
David Quammen (* 1948 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American writer and science journalist . He studied literature at Yale University and the University of Oxford and was best known for his award-winning popular science works on natural history and evolution . He now lives in Bozeman , Montana .
David Quammen became an honorary member of the Sigma Xi Science Association in 2005. The feature film Walking Out (2017) was based on one of his short stories .
Works
- The cold soul of Victor Tronko . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-404-13360-9 .
- The song of the dodo . A journey through the evolution of the island worlds . Ullstein, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-60040-9 .
- The two horns of the rhinoceros . Claassen, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-546-00241-5 .
- The tiger's smile. From the last ogres in the world . Ullstein, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-548-60579-6 .
- Charles Darwin: The Great Researcher and His Theory of Evolution . Piper, Munich; Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-05158-3 .
- Spillover: The animal origin of worldwide epidemics . Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2013, ISBN 3-421-04365-5 .
- The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. Simon & Schuster, 2018. ISBN 978-147677662-0
Web links
- Literature by and about David Quammen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about David Quammen in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quammen, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and science journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |