Brown Bag, Green Book #16: Every Living Thing
In Every Living Thing, Dunn reminds readers how tough and exhilarating it is to study the natural world, and why it matters. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything, a hundred years ago, too. But even today, the author argues, discoveries we can't yet imagine still await us. More is unknown than known, whether about our bodies or the bottom of the sea. In a series of vivid portraits of scientists as interesting as the mysteries they chase, Dunn introduces the reader to breakthroughs that have changed the world and others that might still.
About Todd Witcher
Todd Witcher has a particular interest in Rob Dunn's book Every Living Thing: Man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys --it's about what he does. Mr. Witcher is the Executive Director of Discover Life in America, the organization that is cataloging the biodiversity of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Mr. Witcher is an eighth generation Tennessean. Before DLIA, he worked as an educator for Ijams Nature Center for 16 years. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee in Biology (1987), a Masters in Business from Lincoln Memorial University (1991), and a Masters in Education from the University of Tennessee (1997).
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