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Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Emeritus Professor Don Bradshaw, Chair of Zoology at UWA, was honoured with a festschrift on December 2 for a lifetime of work in his field.

The book, appropriately titled - Art, Science and the Environment - reflects Don Bradshaw's passion for zoological research, a talent and understanding of the arts, a love of France and a desire to manage and conserve the environment.

Don's close colleagues contributed to the festschrift by sharing their mutual appreciation on a number of thought provoking topics.

Their breadth ranges from a search for new ways of measuring time, how Picasso's paintings have inspired predictive diagnostic tests in human pathology, to reflections on the painter Turner's last words spoken to the dying John Ruskin.

Barbara Demenix analyses Lamarck's view on the inheritance of acquired characters; Richard Weller relates the failed attempt to establish ecotourism in an Indonesian jungle; Andrew Burbidge analyses the reasons for the dramatic decline of Australian's fauna over the past 200 years; Noel Vose reflects that blame for the destruction of the earth's wildlife may not necessarily be ascribed to Christians; while George Seddon describes the West-Australian's long-standing love affair with Rottnest Island.

Among these contributions are stories on conservation, useful advice for young biologists as well as much for the art lover, including a critical paper by the late British art historian, Peter Fuller, on the important role that Australian painters have played in the development of modern art.

The book is available exclusively from the UWA Co-operative bookshop located in the guild area of the main campus.

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