The past, present and future of the world's most popular and
beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat
lover.The domestic cat - your cat - has, from its evolutionary
origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time
into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet.
Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover,
explores how researchers today are unravelling the secrets of the
cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology,
from GPS tracking (you'd be amazed where those backyard cats roam)
and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . .. really?) to
forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your
cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats,
including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your
sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels.Do lions and tigers
meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my
feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why
did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What's with
all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice,
casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples
from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how
selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several
millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly
different in anatomy and behaviour from their ancestral stock.Yet
the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild,
and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands
around the world.Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are
transforming the world around them. This charming and intelligent
book suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and
Homo sapiens.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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