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200: Points in Singapore's Natural History

200: Points in Singapore's Natural History - Thryft
200: Points in Singapore's Natural History - Thryft

Singapore's biodiversity tales, history and scientific strides.

If you're fascinated by the interplay between nature and civilization, "200: Points in Singapore's Natural History" can broaden your horizon. It details thrilling encounters with wildlife, groundbreaking discoveries, and the profound impact scientific exploration has on geopolitics and culture. Diving into this book means exploring a microcosm of Singapore's rich natural tapestry and its intriguing journey to preserve such heritage in a museum that continues to inspire.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

200: Points in Singapore's Natural History

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ISBN: 9789811417290

Description

The natural history of Singapore abounds with stories that are as remarkable as they are diverse. There are explorers who eat wild animals. And wild animals which eat people. Some discoveries are field-changing, like the only land snail that produces light. Research and discoveries made in Singapore also give rise to the commoditization of natural resources. This has geopolitical ramifications. As this knowledge solidifies into a more formal natural history, a place to store and study the resulting material arises. This leads to the foundation of one of the oldest museums in Southeast Asia, and with it the story of a whale that “still haunts the minds of those who saw it”. The origins of Singapore’s very own natural history museum are another remarkable story. In conjunction with ‘200: a natural history’, a Bicentennial exhibition at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, this book gathers these stories and locates them in the larger context of Singapore’s natural history.


Author: Martyn E. Y. Low
Publication Date: 2019
 

Singapore's biodiversity tales, history and scientific strides.

If you're fascinated by the interplay between nature and civilization, "200: Points in Singapore's Natural History" can broaden your horizon. It details thrilling encounters with wildlife, groundbreaking discoveries, and the profound impact scientific exploration has on geopolitics and culture. Diving into this book means exploring a microcosm of Singapore's rich natural tapestry and its intriguing journey to preserve such heritage in a museum that continues to inspire.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.