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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780307263612
- Book Title
- Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms : the Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Topic
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, History, Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307263614
ISBN-13
9780307263612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109368118
Product Key Features
Book Title
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms : the Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, History, Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-039941
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Mr. Fortey is as vivid and charming about live things as he's long been about dead ones, perhaps even more so. Reading this book is like stepping into the field with a man who's equal parts naturalist and poet, equal parts E.O. Wilson and Paul Muldoon. It's a bewitching combination . . . You begin to love Mr. Fortey as much as he loves horseshoe crabs. You want to throw him over your shoulder, like a big stuffed animal won at a fair, and lug him home to explain the mysteries of your backyard . . . His book is not only well built and witty but emotionally profound too . . . an inducement to be as awake and observant as possible." -- The New York Times "A lively writer with a penchant for slightly goofy jokes, a vast storehouse of arcane knowledge, and an inexhaustible fund of enthusiasm for his subject, Fortey is the perfect interpreter and guide to the marvels and mysteries of archaic existence." -- The Boston Globe "[A] delightful account . . . even those squeamish about worms will find Fortey's enthusiastic excavations charming." -- PW (starred) "In this fascinating, well-written book, [Fortey] offers a worldwide tour of places whose lands and waters shelter extraordinary forms of life that have overcome mass extinctions, sea-level changes, ice ages and other obstacles to survive into the present. Taking great joy in his trip back in time, Fortey plays both adventurer and detective as he searches for these ancients . . . Informative, engrossing and delightful." -- Kirkus (starred review) "A magnificent book . . . Fortey's intense, humane passion for everything that lives and has lived is amply proven on every page . . . This book (like all his others) demonstrates that Fortey is, principally, not a scientist who can write, but a writer who does science." -- Literary Review "Erudite and engaging." -- Times Literary Supplement "A wide-ranging survey . . . Fortey keeps the long discussion lighthearted . . . Instructive and entertaining." -- Booklist "Fortey leads us on a ramble that is not only global but takes us through aeons, to look at creatures that haven't changed much for hundreds of millions and in some cases billions of years . . . It's a great story, and no one is better equipped to tell it than Fortey . . . Excellent natural history." -- The Guardian "Fortey has a unique way with the most humble of life forms, an infectious curiosity that can slide into near rapture, coupled with a lack of presumption that many of his peers I the field of evolutionary biology lack entirely." --London Evening Standard "An exploration of the world that went before. Fortey retains his characteristic ability to paint vivid word pictures of times long ago and places far away...Passionate, clear and comprehensive." -- The Telegraph "Fortey tells a series of fascinating stories that serve to bring alive what is for most of us an unfamiliar past. Under his tutelage, fossils of all kinds--survivors or not--seem to come alive." -- Financial Times, "Mr. Fortey is as vivid and charming about live things as he's long been about dead ones, perhaps even more so. Reading this book is like stepping into the field with a man who's equal parts naturalist and poet, equal parts E.O. Wilson and Paul Muldoon. It's a bewitching combination . . . You begin to love Mr. Fortey as much as he loves horseshoe crabs. You want to throw him over your shoulder, like a big stuffed animal won at a fair, and lug him home to explain the mysteries of your backyard . . . His book is not only well built and witty but emotionally profound too . . . an inducement to be as awake and observant as possible." - The New York Times "A lively writer with a penchant for slightly goofy jokes, a vast storehouse of arcane knowledge, and an inexhaustible fund of enthusiasm for his subject, Fortey is the perfect interpreter and guide to the marvels and mysteries of archaic existence." - The Boston Globe "[A] delightful account . . . even those squeamish about worms will find Fortey's enthusiastic excavations charming." - PW (starred) "In this fascinating, well-written book, [Fortey] offers a worldwide tour of places whose lands and waters shelter extraordinary forms of life that have overcome mass extinctions, sea-level changes, ice ages and other obstacles to survive into the present. Taking great joy in his trip back in time, Fortey plays both adventurer and detective as he searches for these ancients . . . Informative, engrossing and delightful." - Kirkus (starred review) "A magnificent book . . . Fortey's intense, humane passion for everything that lives and has lived is amply proven on every page . . . This book (like all his others) demonstrates that Fortey is, principally, not a scientist who can write, but a writer who does science." - Literary Review "Erudite and engaging." - Times Literary Supplement "A wide-ranging survey . . . Fortey keeps the long discussion lighthearted . . . Instructive and entertaining." - Booklist "Fortey leads us on a ramble that is not only global but takes us through aeons, to look at creatures that haven't changed much for hundreds of millions and in some cases billions of years . . . It's a great story, and no one is better equipped to tell it than Fortey . . . Excellent natural history." - The Guardian "Fortey has a unique way with the most humble of life forms, an infectious curiosity that can slide into near rapture, coupled with a lack of presumption that many of his peers I the field of evolutionary biology lack entirely." -London Evening Standard "An exploration of the world that went before. Fortey retains his characteristic ability to paint vivid word pictures of times long ago and places far away…Passionate, clear and comprehensive." - The Telegraph "Fortey tells a series of fascinating stories that serve to bring alive what is for most of us an unfamiliar past. Under his tutelage, fossils of all kinds-survivors or not-seem to come alive." - Financial Times, "Mr. Fortey is as vivid and charming about live things as he's long been about dead ones, perhaps even more so. Reading this book is like stepping into the field with a man who's equal parts naturalist and poet, equal parts E.O. Wilson and Paul Muldoon. It's a bewitching combination . . . You begin to love Mr. Fortey as much as he loves horseshoe crabs. You want to throw him over your shoulder, like a big stuffed animal won at a fair, and lug him home to explain the mysteries of your backyard . . . His book is not only well built and witty but emotionally profound too . . . an inducement to be as awake and observant as possible." - The New York Times "[A] delightful account . . . even those squeamish about worms will find Fortey's enthusiastic excavations charming." - PW (starred) "In this fascinating, well-written book, [Fortey] offers a worldwide tour of places whose lands and waters shelter extraordinary forms of life that have overcome mass extinctions, sea-level changes, ice ages and other obstacles to survive into the present. Taking great joy in his trip back in time, Fortey plays both adventurer and detective as he searches for these ancients . . . Informative, engrossing and delightful." - Kirkus (starred review) "A magnificent book . . . Fortey's intense, humane passion for everything that lives and has lived is amply proven on every page . . . This book (like all his others) demonstrates that Fortey is, principally, not a scientist who can write, but a writer who does science." - Literary Review "Erudite and engaging." - Times Literary Supplement "A wide-ranging survey . . . Fortey keeps the long discussion lighthearted . . . Instructive and entertaining." - Booklist "Fortey leads us on a ramble that is not only global but takes us through aeons, to look at creatures that haven't changed much for hundreds of millions and in some cases billions of years . . . It's a great story, and no one is better equipped to tell it than Fortey . . . Excellent natural history." - The Guardian "Fortey has a unique way with the most humble of life forms, an infectious curiosity that can slide into near rapture, coupled with a lack of presumption that many of his peers I the field of evolutionary biology lack entirely." -London Evening Standard "An exploration of the world that went before. Fortey retains his characteristic ability to paint vivid word pictures of times long ago and places far away…Passionate, clear and comprehensive." - The Telegraph "Fortey tells a series of fascinating stories that serve to bring alive what is for most of us an unfamiliar past. Under his tutelage, fossils of all kinds-survivors or not-seem to come alive." - Financial Times, "[A] delightful account . . . even those squeamish about worms will find Fortey's enthusiastic excavations charming." - PW (starred) "In this fascinating, well-written book, [Fortey] offers a worldwide tour of places whose lands and waters shelter extraordinary forms of life that have overcome mass extinctions, sea-level changes, ice ages and other obstacles to survive into the present. Taking great joy in his trip back in time, Fortey plays both adventurer and detective as he searches for these ancients . . . Informative, engrossing and delightful." - Kirkus (starred review) "A magnificent book . . . Fortey's intense, humane passion for everything that lives and has lived is amply proven on every page . . . This book (like all his others) demonstrates that Fortey is, principally, not a scientist who can write, but a writer who does science." - Literary Review "Erudite and engaging." - Times Literary Supplement "Fortey leads us on a ramble that is not only global but takes us through aeons, to look at creatures that haven't changed much for hundreds of millions and in some cases billions of years . . . It's a great story, and no one is better equipped to tell it than Fortey . . . Excellent natural history." - The Guardian "Fortey has a unique way with the most humble of life forms, an infectious curiosity that can slide into near rapture, coupled with a lack of presumption that many of his peers I the field of evolutionary biology lack entirely." -London Evening Standard "An exploration of the world that went before. Fortey retains his characteristic ability to paint vivid word pictures of times long ago and places far away…Passionate, clear and comprehensive." - The Telegraph "Fortey tells a series of fascinating stories that serve to bring alive what is for most of us an unfamiliar past. Under his tutelage, fossils of all kinds-survivors or not-seem to come alive." - Financial Times
Dewey Decimal
595
Synopsis
From one of the world's leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of Trilobite!, Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth and Dry Storeroom No. 1 comes a fascinating chronicle of life's history told not through the fossil record but through the stories of organisms that have survived, almost unchanged, throughout time. Evolution, it seems, has not completely obliterated its tracks as more advanced organisms have evolved; the history of life on earth is far older--and odder--than many of us realize. Scattered across the globe, these remarkable plants and animals continue to mark seminal events in geological time. From a moonlit beach in Delaware, where the hardy horseshoe crab shuffles its way to a frenzy of mass mating just as it did 450 million years ago, to the dense rainforests of New Zealand, where the elusive, unprepossessing velvet worm has burrowed deep into rotting timber since before the breakup of the ancient supercontinent, to a stretch of Australian coastline with stromatolite formations that bear witness to the Precambrian dawn, the existence of these survivors offers us a tantalizing glimpse of pivotal points in evolutionary history. These are not "living fossils" but rather a handful of tenacious creatures of days long gone. Written in buoyant, sparkling prose, Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms is a marvelously captivating exploration of the world's old-timers combining the very best of science writing with an explorer's sense of adventure and wonder., One of the world's most gifted natural scientists--acclaimed author of "Dry Storeroom No. 1, Life, Earth," and "Trilobite"--now pens a fascinating book that reveals what the narratives of living creatures can say about the history of evolution.
LC Classification Number
QL434.F67 2012
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