Notes

The living planet -- Carolus Linnaeus and the tree of life -- Carl Woese and the extremophiles -- George Forrest: plant hunter -- Mushrooms and other fungi -- Margaret Lowman: "Canopy Meg" -- Insect planet -- Sylvia Earle: undersea explorer -- Konrad Lorenz: animal behavior pioneer -- Birds -- George Schaller: field biologist -- Jane Goodall and the Gombe chimpanzees -- Learning about life Teaches readers about several scientists who study living things.