《A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud》是2016年Birlinn出版的圖書，作者是Karl Sabbagh。
基本介紹
- 中文名：A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud
- 作者：Karl Sabbagh
- 出版社：Birlinn
- 出版時間：2016年6月20日
- 頁數：288 頁
- ISBN：9781780273860
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
In the 1940s, the eminent British botanist John Heslop Harrison proposed a controversial theory: that vegetation on the islands off the west coast of Scotland had survived the last Ice Age. His premise flew in the face of what most botanists believed - that no plants had survived the 10,000-year period of extreme cold. But Heslop Harrison had proof - the plants and grasses found on the isle of Rum.Harrison didn't anticipate, however, an amateur botanist called John Raven, who boldly questioned whether these grasses were truly indigenous to the area, or whether they had been transported there. This is the story of what happened when a tenacious amateur set out to find out the truth, and how he uncovered a most extraordinary fraud.
Review
A breezy ride ... informative and amusing
Washington Post Book World
An exciting scientific detective story
Times Literary Supplement
圖書目錄
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1.‘A Curious Episode’
2.Fields of Inquiry
3.The Professor and the Don
4.Rumours
5.The Plan
6.The Forbidden Island
7.‘Quoth the Raven ...’
8.‘Is Such a Thing Done?’
9.The Aftermath
10.Seeds of Doubt
11.‘A Total Muddlehead’
12.The Matter Subsides
13.‘Broken, Lost or Never Collected’
Epilogue: Two Minor Mysteries
Appendix
Notes
Index
Illustrations
作者簡介
About the Author
Karl Sabbagh is a writer, journalist and TV producer. He is the author of a dozen books, including The Living Body (with Christian Barnaard), Power into Art and Palestine: A Personal Journey.Adam Nicolson has worked as a journalist for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Daily Telegraph, and writes regularly for National Geographic Magazine. He has written a number of highly acclaimed books including Sea Room.
