The Annotated Old Fourlegs

Read * The Annotated Old Fourlegs PDF by # Mike Bruton eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. The Annotated Old Fourlegs The new book features insights and discussion about the personalitites behind the original discovery, and the era in which they operated, along with exciting finds and advances made in the field since the first book was published. JLB Smiths famous Old Fourlegs (on the discovery of the first and second coelacanths) was a best-selling South African natural history classic that was translated into 16 languages and published in many editions. With a new foreword, detailed introduction and conclusi

The Annotated Old Fourlegs

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Rating : 4.32 (514 Votes)
Asin : 1775844994
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 304 Pages
Publish Date : 2015-09-09
Language : English

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. Although he is best known for his research on the coelacanth, he has also worked extensively on the life-history strategies of freshwater fishes. About the Author Mike Bruton has had an adventurous career as an ichthyologist and science educator in Africa and beyond. He headed the Ichthyology Institute (Grahamstown), worked at the Natural History Museum (London) and headed the Two Oceans Aquarium. Recent experiences saw him working as an informal science educator in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

The new book features insights and discussion about the personalitites behind the original discovery, and the era in which they operated, along with exciting finds and advances made in the field since the first book was published. JLB Smith's famous Old Fourlegs (on the discovery of the first and second coelacanths) was a best-selling South African natural history classic that was translated into 16 languages and published in many editions. With a new foreword, detailed introduction and conclusion, it brings the coelacanth story right up to date.. Mike Bruton’s book offers the original publication, but now with extensive annotations in both margins, modelled on Martin Gardener's The Annotated Alice

He headed the Ichthyology Institute (Grahamstown), worked at the Natural History Museum (London) and headed the Two Oceans Aquarium. Recent experiences saw him working as an informal science educator in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Mike Bruton has had an adventurous career as an ichthyologist and science educator in Africa and beyond. . Although he is best known for his research on the coelacanth, he has also worked extensively on the life-history strateg

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