David Toomey is a Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he teaches courses in writing and in the history of science. He is the author of several books of nonfiction, including Weird Life and The New Time Travelers. In his lifetime he has known and played with a great many animals, both human and non-human.
Books in order of publication:
Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet – 2003
The New Time Travelers: A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics – 2007
Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own – 2013
Kingdom of Play: What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself – 2024
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