The third and final updated edition of David Attenboroughâs classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
âThis is, quite simply, the best thing Iâve ever done.â Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.
This is the third and last of Sir Davidâs great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet.
In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave â and why.
Reviews
Praise for the New Edition of Life on Earth:
âIt does not disappoint. The new Life on Earth is as glorious as the firstâ Guardian
âA beautiful and wide ranging work. The breadth of natural history covered is extraordinary and mesmerising. Life on Earth is still breathtakingly rich, and we would know far less about it were it not for Attenboroughâs wonderful skills of communication over the years: our cultural and scientific lives would be poorer without himâ New Scientist
âThis natural history masterpiece offers a spectacular snapshot of a once-wild planetâ New Scientist
Praise for David Attenborough:
âA marvellous book ⊠unputdownable ⊠utterly engagingâ Telegraph
âAn elegant and gently funny writerâ The Times
âHis writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praiseâ Daily Express
âA great educator as well as a great naturalistâ Barack Obama
âSir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas . . . the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcastingâ Louis Theroux
âWhen I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David's programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planetâ HRH Prince William
About the author
David Attenborough is one of the worldâs leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than sixty years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from Life on Earth to Frozen Planet, Planet Earth to Blue Planet. He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.
The third and final updated edition of David Attenboroughâs classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
âThis is, quite simply, the best thing Iâve ever done.â Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based.
This is the third and last of Sir Davidâs great natural history books based on his TV series and competes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet.
In Life on Earth, Sir David showed how each group of animals evolved. In Living Planet he looked at the way they have adapted to the whole range of habitats in which they live. Now, in Trials of Life, he completes the story by revealing how animals behave â and why.
Reviews
Praise for the New Edition of Life on Earth:
âIt does not disappoint. The new Life on Earth is as glorious as the firstâ Guardian
âA beautiful and wide ranging work. The breadth of natural history covered is extraordinary and mesmerising. Life on Earth is still breathtakingly rich, and we would know far less about it were it not for Attenboroughâs wonderful skills of communication over the years: our cultural and scientific lives would be poorer without himâ New Scientist
âThis natural history masterpiece offers a spectacular snapshot of a once-wild planetâ New Scientist
Praise for David Attenborough:
âA marvellous book ⊠unputdownable ⊠utterly engagingâ Telegraph
âAn elegant and gently funny writerâ The Times
âHis writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praiseâ Daily Express
âA great educator as well as a great naturalistâ Barack Obama
âSir David is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and gravitas . . . the man who, for me, exemplifies the best in British broadcastingâ Louis Theroux
âWhen I was a young boy I used to love turning on the television and watching David's programmes and really feeling like I was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something magical and almost out of this planetâ HRH Prince William
About the author
David Attenborough is one of the worldâs leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than sixty years, and his extraordinary contribution to natural history broadcasting and film-making has brought him international recognition, from Life on Earth to Frozen Planet, Planet Earth to Blue Planet. He has achieved many professional awards, honours and merits, including the CBE and OM, and was knighted in 1985.