![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning in 1957, his first essay collection, The Immense Journey, demonstrates his literary skills as he plunges into prehistoric ecosystems looking for “living fossils.” In The Firmament of Time (1960) Eiseley considers how cultural forces have shaped and held back scientific theories and explorations as well as how man’s imagination in turn has allowed science to grow and thrive. This hard-cover two volume set contains the contents of Eiseley’s six published books as well as uncollected prose pieces. ![]() this wonderful collection would make a proud addition to any home, school or public library.”Įiseley’s keen observational skills, married with his innate sense of wonder of the natural world and its processes, led him to pen essays of great emotional depth, filled with an underlying longing for fuller insight into the universe’s mysteries. Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) has been described as “a paleontologist with the spirit of a poet.” His works have drawn comparisons to the great naturalist-writer Henry David Thoreau and have inspired other great scientist-authors such as Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos ![]()
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