A Curious Boy
The Making of a Scientist
'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ... The unforgotten boy: that is what makes
this a book a revelation'
ADAM NICOLSON
'Wonderful, absolutely beguiling . Les mer
ADAM NICOLSON
'Wonderful, absolutely beguiling . Les mer
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'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ... The unforgotten boy: that is what makes
this a book a revelation'
ADAM NICOLSON
'Wonderful, absolutely beguiling ... I learnt a lot and really loved it'
RICHARD HOLMES
'Gloriously evocative'
DAILY MAIL
What makes a scientist?
Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a leading scientist and writer, with adventures and misadventures along the way.
From a garden shed laboratory where he manufactured the greatest stink in the world to a tent high in the Arctic in pursuit of fossils, this is a story of obsession and love of nature, flavoured with the peculiarities and restrictions of post-war Britain. Fortey tells the story of following his father down riverbanks to fish for trout, and also of his father's shocking death. He unfolds his early passions - fungi, ammonite hunting and eyeing up bird's eggs. He evokes with warmth and wit how the natural world started out as his playground and refuge, then became his life's work.
Much more than a story about science alone, this memoir gives an unforgettable portrait of a young, curious mind, and shows how luck and enthusiasm can create a special life.
ADAM NICOLSON
'Wonderful, absolutely beguiling ... I learnt a lot and really loved it'
RICHARD HOLMES
'Gloriously evocative'
DAILY MAIL
What makes a scientist?
Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a leading scientist and writer, with adventures and misadventures along the way.
From a garden shed laboratory where he manufactured the greatest stink in the world to a tent high in the Arctic in pursuit of fossils, this is a story of obsession and love of nature, flavoured with the peculiarities and restrictions of post-war Britain. Fortey tells the story of following his father down riverbanks to fish for trout, and also of his father's shocking death. He unfolds his early passions - fungi, ammonite hunting and eyeing up bird's eggs. He evokes with warmth and wit how the natural world started out as his playground and refuge, then became his life's work.
Much more than a story about science alone, this memoir gives an unforgettable portrait of a young, curious mind, and shows how luck and enthusiasm can create a special life.
Richard Fortey spent his working life in palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, specialising in trilobites and becoming
a world expert. He was elected President of the Geological Society of London for its bicentennial year of 2007 and is a Fellow
of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. He has received the Frink Medal, the Michael Faraday Prize and
the Lewis Thomas Prize for science writing, as well as the silver medal of the Zoological Society for science communication.
He is the writer of eight previous science and nature books, including two Sunday Times bestsellers, all of which are still
in print. He has presented many television programmes across the BBC and other channels.