To Life

There have been few if any books on Jewish people who studied the various facets of natural history. There have certainly been those who have done so in the past and in the current world there are many but, for a host of reasons, natural history as a career or serious avocation was much less common in the past. To Life: Jews Exploring Nature offers a unique exploration of Jewish engagement with nature through compelling biographies of eight selected subjects, including infamous ornithologist Nathan Leopold, and intrepid agronomist and spy Aaron Aaronsohn, among others. These individuals, scientists, naturalists, and explorers among them, manifested different aspects of Jewish identity and made significant contributions to their fields. The accounts place the contributions of this diverse mix of individuals into a rich biographical context that connects the personal with the professional, thus providing insights into their lives and work.