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Darwin's Dreampond: Drama in Lake Victoria by Tijs Goldschmidt: Used
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- Darwin's Dreampond: Drama in Lake Victoria
- Publication Date
- 1996-09-12
- Pages
- 274
- ISBN
- 9780262071789
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262071789
ISBN-13
9780262071789
eBay Product ID (ePID)
656433
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Darwin's Dreampond : Drama in Lake Victoria
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Life Sciences / Evolution, Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-024478
Reviews
"Tijs Goldschmidt has trapped a ghost image in this solid and highly perceptive work - the glorious, haunting, and indecipherable complexity of biological life. Goldschmidt also shows us, however, that the human desire both to understand and to exploit such life is equally thought-provoking. Thus does Darwin's Dreampondbecome a first rate account of a modern scientist's field work among the cychlids and the Sukuma people of Lake Victoria." -Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
577.6/3
Synopsis
Dazzling in their variety of sizes, shapes and colours, the cichlids (small perch-like fishes) of Lake Victoria, like the finches of the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii's Honeycreepers, have been geographically isolated long enough to undergo unusually broad speciation. These small fish form a species flock - closely related species that have descended from a common ancestor and radiated, or fanned, into different specializations - that is one of the most spectacular in the world, interesting anatomists, ecologists, ethologists and evolutionary biologists alike. The process of speciation was still under way until just recently, when the introduction of the large, predatory Nile perch so disrupted the Lake's intricate ecosystem that the glorious spectrum of cichlids has almost vanished.
LC Classification Number
QH195.V5G6413 1996
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