Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth - Hardcover
The story of the discovery of a coelacanth, a fish thought to be extinct for seventy million years, and its study by an eccentric icthyologist is dramatically presented in a work that discusses the specie's habits, habitat, number, diet, reproduction, and more
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Living Fossil describes the life and habitat of the coelacanth and what scientists have learned about it during fifty years of research. It is an exciting and very human story, filled with ambitious and brilliant people, that reveals much about the practice of modern science.
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Keith S. Thomson holds a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University and is a former dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University. He is now CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0393029565
- ISBN 13 9780393029567
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages252
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