A man of world renown. Perhaps, first of all, this concept can be attributed to Alfred Brehm. His book “Animal Life” still attracts new readers, 150 years after its first publication. What is her strength? What kind of person created this work? How did he manage to combine scientificity and popularity of presentation, so much so that people sincerely considered him the “father of animals”? Brem did not dismember their bodies with a scalpel, did not study dead matter under a microscope, he just observed Life in all its manifestations in the fields and forests. He began to acquire his knowledge in long and grueling expeditions, which led him not only through the deserts and tropics of Africa, but also through the polar regions and mountainous regions of Central Asia and Siberia, making him truly a Man of the whole earth.