{"product_id":"chasing-after-chimpanzees","title":"Chasing After Chimpanzees","description":"Having moved from zoology to psychology to anthropology on both sides of the Atlantic, Bill McGrew developed a fascination for chimpanzees which led to him spending four decades studying our nearest living relations in their African homelands. He held a series of academic posts in the USA and UK, culminating in a professorship at the University of Cambridge and ending in retirement to Scotland. As he puts it: \"I was lucky enough to be paid by various academic institutions to do what I would have paid them to let me do\".\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir consists of a series of stories and vignettes from a varied and colourful life, mainly involving animals, and naturally focusing on chimpanzees. All proceeds will go to organisations that rescue and care for chimpanzees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the world''s foremost primatologists, who sought adventures in Africa to follow chimpanzees in the wild, offers glimpses of his life. Funny, warm, unexpected.\"\u003cbr\u003eFrans de Waal,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eauthor of Mama''s Last Hug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Chasing after chimpanzees can be hilarious... McGrew came to be the world''s expert on the richness and diversity of chimpanzee cultures as well as a commentator on the comedic aspects of the lives of those who study them.\"\u003cbr\u003eSarah Blaffer Hrdy, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eauthor of Mothers and Others\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Renowned primatologist William McGrew has written a lovely memoir, a series of vignettes about key moments in his life and career. A heartfelt glimpse into one scientist''s fascinating life, and a thoroughly enjoyable read.\"\u003cbr\u003eCraig Stanford,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e author of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Chimpanzee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Picture: Observational learning: chimpanzee mother performs hygienic operation on her foot, removing a sub-dermal sand flea, watched closely by her daughter, Mahale, 2007. (Photo by Agumi Inaba)","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313407074686,"sku":"NW9781861515827","price":11.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781861515827.jpg?v=1778592487","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/chasing-after-chimpanzees","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}