A Fish Caught in Time - The Search for the Coelacanth

Informationen zum Autor Samantha Weinberg is a British writer and traveler. She has reported from the four corners of the world for American, African, and European newspapers and magazines. She divides her time between her suitcase and a thatched cottage in Wiltshire, England. Klappentext The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensued was even more incredible. This is the entrancing story of that most rare and precious fish -- our own great-uncle forty million times removed. Zusammenfassung The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long! with luminescent eyes and limb like fins! this bizarre creature! presumed to be extinct! was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century!" but the excitement that ensued was even more incredible. This is the entrancing story of that most rare and precious fish -- our own great-uncle forty million times removed.

Product details

• Authors: Fourth Estate, Estate Fourth, Fourth Estate, Samantha Weinberg
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2001
• EAN: 9780060932855
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093285-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Harper Perennial
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Evolution, Applied ecology, History of Science, Wildlife: general interest, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Palaeontology, Zoology and animal sciences, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Marine Biology, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Zoology: fishes (ichthyology), SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Evolution, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE: Animals / Marine Life, NATURE: Animals / Fish, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Marine Biology, NATURE: Ecology, PSYCHOLOGY: Evolutionary Psychology *