– Starting today, the new book by the popular naturalist, showcasing the wildlife of the oceans, is available –
David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, documentary filmmaker, and author of educational books that have remained popular for decades, is celebrating his 99th birthday. Libri Bookstores is paying tribute to the British author’s work with a special jungle installation, which can be viewed by interested parties at the Book Palace on Rákóczi Street between May 8 and 10. Park Publishing is also releasing Attenborough’s new book, Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness, to coincide with his birthday.
David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926, and is celebrating his 99th birthday this year. Generations have grown up with the works of this British naturalist, documentary filmmaker, and environmentalist. His books Life on Earth, The Trials of Life, The Living Planet, Adventures of a Young Naturalist, A Life on Our Planet, and Journeys to the Other Side of the World are considered essential reading for nature-lovers in Hungary. In recent years, however, David Attenborough has sought to draw attention not only to the wonders of the natural world, but also to the effects of climate change, environmental pollution, and human activities that threaten our ecosystems and biodiversity.
Libri pays tribute to the legendary natural scientist with a special installation: between May 8 and 10, readers will be greeted by a veritable jungle at the top of the escalator in the Book Palace on Rákóczi Street, with countless green plants and meditative sounds reminiscent of rainforests. The aim of this space, which is unusual in bookstores, is to draw attention to the beauty of our planet and the importance of preserving our natural heritage. During this period, visitors can browse not only Attenborough’s works, but other educational and environmental books as well.
“David Attenborough is quite possibly loved by everyone in the world. The love and respect that radiates from his works for every single animal, plant and living creature on our planet, even the tiniest pebble, is amazing and moving,” says Benjamin Makovecz, translator of Attenborough’s books published by Park Publishing. “In this new volume, we can travel across all the oceans of the Earth with the author. We can learn about the tremendous progress made in ocean research over the past 100 years, and at the same time lament the destruction we have unleashed on our living waters. Attenborough, however, is optimistic, stating that if given the opportunity, nature is capable of regenerating itself in an astonishingly short period of time.”
The authors of the newly published book Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness are David Attenborough and his colleague Colin Butfiled. Through the life story of a 90-year-old blue whale, the two authors recount how our knowledge of the oceans and our sense of responsibility towards our waters have changed, writes Tamás Jászay in an article in Libri Magazine. The whale appearing as the “main character” was born in the 1930s, when the depths of the oceans were still almost completely unknown to mankind due to a lack of technical capabilities for exploration. Today, however, deep-sea robotic cameras, DNA-based water analysis, and satellite tracking assist researchers in their work. The volume covers the ocean’s key habitats: the colorful and fragile world of coral reefs, dense kelp forests, the bustling life of hydrothermal vents, the complex ecology of mangrove forests and lagoons, and the polar regions, icy but teeming with life. David Attenborough’s newly published book, Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness, is available on libri.hu and in Libri’s chain of bookstores.
