Darwin's Dreampond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwin's Dreampond write by Tijs Goldschmidt. This book was released on 1998. Darwin's Dreampond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Darwin's Dreampondtells the evolutionary story of the extraordinary "furu" and the battlefield leading to extinction. Tijs Goldschmidt skillfully blends a masterful discussion of the principles of neo-Darwinian evolution and speciation with a history of Lake Victoria's ecosystem. The science unfolds in the context of the engaging first-person narrative of Goldschmidt's adventures and misadventures as a field researcher. An astute observer and a clear and witty writer, he warmly portrays the colors and textures of the landscapes and the lives of the local people as he interacts with them during the course of his fieldwork.
Darwin's Fishes
Darwin's Fishes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwin's Fishes write by Daniel Pauly. This book was released on 2007-08-27. Darwin's Fishes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Darwin's Fishes, Daniel Pauly presents an encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology and evolution, based upon everything that Charles Darwin ever wrote about fish. Entries are arranged alphabetically and can be about, for example, a particular fish taxon, an anatomical part, a chemical substance, a scientist, a place, or an evolutionary or ecological concept. The reader can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references on a fascinating voyage of interconnected entries, each indirectly or directly connected with original writings from Darwin himself. Along the way, the reader is offered interpretation of the historical material put in the context of both Darwin's time and that of contemporary biology and ecology. This book is intended for anyone interested in fishes, the work of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology and ecology, and natural history in general.
Life Out of Bounds
Life Out of Bounds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life Out of Bounds write by Chris Bright. This book was released on 1998. Life Out of Bounds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bright, a research assistant at the environmental educational non- profit organization Worldwatch Institute, describes and evaluates the spread of alien or "exotic" organisms that are destroying ecosystems around the world. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die write by James Mustich. This book was released on 2018-10-02. 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The ultimate literary bucket list.” —THE WASHINGTON POST Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that’s as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends. Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die ranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it’s not a proscriptive list of the “great works”—rather, it’s a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage. Flip it open to any page and be transfixed by a fresh take on a very favorite book. Or come across a title you always meant to read and never got around to. Or, like browsing in the best kind of bookshop, stumble on a completely unknown author and work, and feel that tingle of discovery. There are classics, of course, and unexpected treasures, too. Lists to help pick and choose, like Offbeat Escapes, or A Long Climb, but What a View. And its alphabetical arrangement by author assures that surprises await on almost every turn of the page, with Cormac McCarthy and The Road next to Robert McCloskey and Make Way for Ducklings, Alice Walker next to Izaac Walton. There are nuts and bolts, too—best editions to read, other books by the author, “if you like this, you’ll like that” recommendations , and an interesting endnote of adaptations where appropriate. Add it all up, and in fact there are more than six thousand titles by nearly four thousand authors mentioned—a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading. “948 pages later, you still want more!” —THE WASHINGTON POST
The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles
The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles write by Frederick Davis. This book was released on 2007-07-02. The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. With the rise of molecular biology came a growing popular awareness of species extinction. Carr championed endangered sea turtles, and his work reflects major shifts in the study of ecology and evolution. A gifted nature writer, his books on the natural history of sea turtles and their habitats in Florida, the Caribbean, and Africa entertained and educated a wide audience. Carr's conservation ethic grew from his field work as well as his friendships with the fishermen who supplied him with many of the stories he retold so engagingly. With Archie Carr as the focus, The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles explores the evolution of the naturalist tradition, biology, and conservation during the twentieth century.
