Peter Farb (1929 - 1980) was an American author, anthropologist, linguist, environmentalist, biologist, and spokesman for conservation.
In 1950, he graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University. He attended Columbia University graduate school from 1950 to 1951.
Peter Farb was a freelance writer in the areas of the natural and human sciences for many years, authoring many acclaimed books, including several books for young readers, and columns in national magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens, and Reader’s Digest. President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of the Interior, Stuart L. Udall described him as a "... young man with a consuming interest in the land and living things ... one of the finest conservation spokesmen of our period."
Creo que al adentrarse en este mundo tan interesante, no hay vuelta atrás.
Alimentando una de mis nuevas obsesiones y experimentando la idea de creer que lo sé todo cuando no se nada. Mi libro de apoyo emocional los últimos meses.
QUE VIVAN LOS INSECTOS Y LA DIVULGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA.
Por cierto, la idea de qué todos podemos tener hijos de mosquitos es un mito; una pulga puede saltar tan alto como si un hombre de 1.80 m. brincara tres cuadras, y la organización de las hormigas es pura casualidad, no porque sean demasiado inteligentes.