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The Enchanted Braid
Osha Gray Davidson
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Description for The Enchanted Braid
Hardcover. A colorful journey through the natural history of coral reefs and of humanity's relationship to them. The most complex of all marine ecosystems, the coral reef is home to a spectacular yet unknown number of species of fishes, shrimps, worms, snails, crabs, sea cucumbers, sea stars, urchins, anemones, sea squirts, and sea plants. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSPM; PSTS; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
"There is a word for what Darwin and the rest of us have felt whenin the presence of the reef: 'awe.' Confronted with the reef, aweis the most appropriate response. It is probably in our nature. Itis also, apparently, in our nature to destroy that which we hold inawe." --from The Enchanted Braid
Of the myriad ecosystems populating the underwater world, coralreefs are by far the most complex. While their stunning beauty hasbeen extolled for centuries, the intricate workings of reefenvironments remained largely hidden from view. In fact, until theadvent of scuba diving just fifty years ago, ... Read more
"There is a word for what Darwin and the rest of us have felt whenin the presence of the reef: 'awe.' Confronted with the reef, aweis the most appropriate response. It is probably in our nature. Itis also, apparently, in our nature to destroy that which we hold inawe." --from The Enchanted Braid
Of the myriad ecosystems populating the underwater world, coralreefs are by far the most complex. While their stunning beauty hasbeen extolled for centuries, the intricate workings of reefenvironments remained largely hidden from view. In fact, until theadvent of scuba diving just fifty years ago, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471177272
SKU
V9780471177272
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99-1
About Osha Gray Davidson
OSHA GRAY DAVIDSON has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Nation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and short-listed for the Helen Bernstein Award. He is also the author of Under ... Read more
Reviews for The Enchanted Braid
"THE ENCHANTED BRAID is crammed with detail...the abundance of information makes it an invaluable primer on the current state of coral reef ecology."
Chicago Tribune, September 6, 1998
Chicago Tribune, September 6, 1998