Presenting everything Charles Darwin ever wrote about fishes and many more topics, the entries in this encyclopedia are arranged alphabetically and extracted from Darwin's books, short publications, notebooks and correspondence. Readers can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references directly or indirectly to Darwin's original writings. The material is interpreted in the context of Darwin's time as well as of contemporary biology.
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"...an engaging [and] entertaining book with useful details..."
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
"[A]n eclectic, scholarly reference work, rich in historical content and chock full of interesting quotes and insights from Darwin and Pauly alike."
Nature
"Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, and Evolution, by Daniel Pauly, is a unique and insightful analysis of Charles Darwin's contributions to ichthyology and to evolutionary biology in general. I highly recommend this book as an enjoyable way to become reacquainted with the original writings and thoughts of Charles Darwin, and to perhaps appreciate for the first time his significant contributions to ichthyology."
ECOSCIENCE, Randal J. Snyder
"Provides a useful historic source."
American Reference Books Annual
"An erudite hobby turned reference work, Darwin's Fishes brings together all of Charles Darwin's scattered remarks on all kinds of fish...Daniel Pauly reproduces and discusses relevant passages from Darwin's notebooks, letters, papers, books and marginalia>'
Gregory Radick, Book Reviews, ISIS
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
"[A]n eclectic, scholarly reference work, rich in historical content and chock full of interesting quotes and insights from Darwin and Pauly alike."
Nature
"Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, and Evolution, by Daniel Pauly, is a unique and insightful analysis of Charles Darwin's contributions to ichthyology and to evolutionary biology in general. I highly recommend this book as an enjoyable way to become reacquainted with the original writings and thoughts of Charles Darwin, and to perhaps appreciate for the first time his significant contributions to ichthyology."
ECOSCIENCE, Randal J. Snyder
"Provides a useful historic source."
American Reference Books Annual
"An erudite hobby turned reference work, Darwin's Fishes brings together all of Charles Darwin's scattered remarks on all kinds of fish...Daniel Pauly reproduces and discusses relevant passages from Darwin's notebooks, letters, papers, books and marginalia>'
Gregory Radick, Book Reviews, ISIS
Book Description
Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology and Evolution presents everything Charles Darwin ever wrote about fishes. Entries are alphabetical and were extracted from Darwin's books, short publications, notebooks and correspondence. The material is interpreted and put in context of both Darwin's time and of contemporary biology. Darwin's Fishes will appeal to natural scientists (especially fish biologists and their students), laypersons interested in fish, and Darwin scholars. It has been written and compiled by Daniel Pauly, one of the best known fish biologists in the world.
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A The letter of the Roman alphabet, and hence the place where the systematic reader and the author of an encyclopedia first meet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reproductive drain hypothesis, big species book, zoology notes, naturelle des poissons, threefold parallelism, ofnatural history, ganoid fishes, spiny eels, vertebrate origins, gear selectivity, leaden colour, obstinate nature, coral reef formation, male salmon, fish specimens, electric fishes, fish biology, handicap principle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Species Book, New Zealand, South America, Zoology Notes, Tierra del Fuego, King George's Sound, Bahia Blanca, San Christobal, Rio de Janeiro, Bay of Islands, Collected Papers, British Museum, Margaretta Hare, North Atlantic, Waterhouse Hawkins, Cambridge University, North America, Ornithological Notes, Santa Cruz, Cape of Good Hope, Great Chain of Being, Chonos Archipelago, Darwin Archive, Mother Carey, Saint Paul's Rock New!
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A The letter of the Roman alphabet, and hence the place where the systematic reader and the author of an encyclopedia first meet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reproductive drain hypothesis, big species book, zoology notes, naturelle des poissons, threefold parallelism, ofnatural history, ganoid fishes, spiny eels, vertebrate origins, gear selectivity, leaden colour, obstinate nature, coral reef formation, male salmon, fish specimens, electric fishes, fish biology, handicap principle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Species Book, New Zealand, South America, Zoology Notes, Tierra del Fuego, King George's Sound, Bahia Blanca, San Christobal, Rio de Janeiro, Bay of Islands, Collected Papers, British Museum, Margaretta Hare, North Atlantic, Waterhouse Hawkins, Cambridge University, North America, Ornithological Notes, Santa Cruz, Cape of Good Hope, Great Chain of Being, Chonos Archipelago, Darwin Archive, Mother Carey, Saint Paul's Rock New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin on 8 pages
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 5 pages
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on 5 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 5 pages
- DK Biography: Charles Darwin by David C. King on 5 pages
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