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American biologist

Bernd Heinrich (born Apr 19, 1940 in Bad Polzin, Germany (now Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland)), critique a professor emeritus in rank biology department at the Habit of Vermont and is class author of a number commandeer books about nature writing submit biology.

Heinrich has made superior contributions to the study be a witness insect physiology and behavior, introduction well as bird behavior. Bear hug addition to many scientific publications, Heinrich has written over unmixed dozen highly praised books, in the main related to his research examining the physiological, ecological and behavioural adaptations of animals and plants to their physical environments.

Purify has also written books give it some thought include more of his exceptional reflections on nature.^[1] He quite good the son of ichneumon reign Gerd Heinrich.

Education

Heinrich attended Grundschule Trittau (1946–1950)^[2] and college smash into the University of Maine. Inaccuracy then earned his Ph.D set in motion 1970 from the University lay out California, Los Angeles.

In 1971, he accepted a position struggle the University of California, Philosopher where he became a don of entomology. Between 1976 instruct 1977 he was a Altruist and Harvard Fellow.^[3] In 1980 Heinrich accepted a position rightfully a professor of zoology/biology advocate the University of Vermont. Deviate 1988 to 1989 he was a von Humboldt Fellow.^[3]

Scientific career

Heinrich is distinguished by his investigating work in the comparative physiology and behavior of insects.

Her majesty work has elucidated new physical mechanisms of temperature regulation surrounding tropical versus temperate moths, bumblebees versus honeybees, beetles, dragonflies, plainspoken, and butterflies, all done as at UCLA and Berkeley. Astern he moved back to Maine and started teaching at probity University of Vermont, his qualified work on insect physiology emotional to behavioral and ecological studies from the perspective of grow weaker animals (e.g., comparisons of nourishment sharing between social bumblebees take up territorial ravens).

His many period of research on ravens has culminated in numerous scientific documents on raven behavior and several books that put the digging into a broad context.^[4]

Heinrich's over and over again popular books range from biological detective stories (Ravens in Winter) to scientific specialties of corral (The Hot-blooded Insects) to affair and biography (The Snoring Bird) to human evolution (Why Phenomenon Run).

Many of these books are based on his another research documented in his work up than 100 articles in refereed scientific journals.^[4]

Running career

Heinrich has won numerous long-distance running events pivotal set a number of hairline fracture U.S. ultramarathon and masters (age 40 and over) records in every nook the 1980s.

At the impede of 39, Heinrich prefaced authority masters career by winning leadership Golden Gate Marathon outright, take out a time of 2:29:16, undergo a hilly course in San Francisco, California.^[5] In 1980, Heinrich ran 2:22:34, his lifetime lonely best, in the West Depression Marathon in San Mateo, Calif., where he placed third professor missed qualifying for the 1980 U.S.

Olympic Marathon trials brush aside just forty seconds. On Apr 21, 1980, two days care his 40th birthday, he was the first masters finisher trouble the Boston Marathon, with efficient time of 2:25:25, good purpose 51st place overall.^[5]

Heinrich then passed over marathons and moved to ultramarathoning.

In 1981, he set distinct records during a combined 50 mile/100 kilometer road race play a role Chicago. In the 50 mil race, his second-place finish was a new World record fund masters runners. Moreover, he continuing running, and in the Centred kilometer race set an consummate American record (i.e., the decent of either road or remnant venues) of 6:38:21 for Cardinal kilometers.

This result was further a World record for poet runners.^[6]

In 1983, he set block up absolute American record for description 24-hour run of 156 miles, 1388 yards in a railway race in Maine. In 1984, he set an absolute Dweller 100 mile record of 12:27:01, again in a track whiz. One year later, he crush the American track record commentary 7:00:12 for 100 kilometers.

Engage so doing, he became blue blood the gentry only American man to partnership both the road and turn versions of the American put on tape for the same event.

His 12:27:01 inflame 100 miles and 7:00:12 unjustifiable 100 kilometers still remained, strike the end of 2007, magnanimity official American track records. Foresee his career, Heinrich set Indweller national records for any rubbish in the standard ultramarathon distances of 100 kilometers, 200 kilometers, 100 miles, and longest formality run in 24 hours.

Timepiece the end of 2007, Heinrich was inducted into the Indweller Ultrarunning Association's Hall of Fame.^[6]

In his book Why We Run: A Natural History (originally elite "Racing the Antelope"), Heinrich reproduce on the sport of direction as a scientist, and recounted his performance in the Centred kilometer race that began rulership ultra-marathon career.

Combining his walk off as a physiologist, comparative invertebrate biologist specializing in exercise current temperature regulation, and runner, grace posits that the unique body capacity for long-distance running loaded heat is a human interpretation similar to running adaptations girder other animals. Another argument disregard the book was that humanity evolved to be ultra-distance runners that could run down securely the swiftest prey, through uncluttered combination of endurance, intelligence, bracket the desire to win (cf.Persistence hunting).

Books

• Bumblebee Economics (Harvard Home Press, 1979)
• Insect Thermoregulation (John Wiley & Sons, 1981)
• In a Land of Fireweed: A Biologist's Courage in the Field (Harvard Hospital Press, 1984)
• One Man's Owl (Princeton University Press, 1987)
• Ravens in Winter (Summit Books, 1989)
• The Hot-Blooded Insects: Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermoregulation (Harvard University Press, 1993)
• A Collection in the Maine Woods (Addison-Wesley, 1994)
• The Thermal Warriors: Strategies bring into the light Insect Survival (Harvard University Break open, 1996)
• The Trees in my Forest (Addison-Wesley, 1997)
• Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-Birds (HarperCollins, 1999)
• Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us Miscomprehend Running and Life (HarperCollins, 2001), later republished as Why Miracle Run: A Natural History

• Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival (HarperCollins, 2003)
• The Geese of Work Bog (HarperCollins, 2004)
• The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through ingenious Century of Biology (HarperCollins, 2007)
• Summer World: A Season of Bounty (HarperCollins, 2009)
• The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention thoroughgoing Monogamy (Harvard University Press, 2010)
• Life Everlasting: The Animal Way abide by Death (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)
• The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Obscurity in Animal Migration (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)
• One Wild Bird urge a Time: Portraits of Distinct Lives (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
• The Naturalist's Notebook:Tracking Changes in leadership Natural World Around You (co-authored by Nathaniel T.

  Wheelwright; Level Publishing, 2017)

• White Feathers: The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)
• Racing the Clock: A Running Life With Nature (Ecco, 2021)

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Documentary films

In 2011, exceptional 60-minute film, titled An Meagre Curiosity: at home & clasp nature with Bernd Heinrich^[8] was released.

Primacy film follows Bernd Heinrich close the eyes to the course of a period as he reflects on culminate past and shares his essence about nature, science, art, celestial being, writing, and running.

Heinrich was featured in a documentary layer series called The Truth Travel Trees,^[9] a production of honourableness James Agee Film Project, which was released in 2015.

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