The Science Times Book of Fish (Hardcover)

by Nicholas Wade (Editor)
Key Phrases: omega toxin, coastal sharks, snail toxins, United States, Lake Victoria, New York (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Readers of the "Science Times" section on Tuesdays in the New York Times are familiar with the high-quality features to be found there. Now the best science and nature articles have been collected in a series of books on Fish, Birds, Fossils and Evolution, and The Brain.

The fish book includes chapters on the evolution of fishes, fresh- and salt-water species, endangered animals, and other aquatic organisms. The list of contributors includes such Science Times regulars as Natalie Angier, William K. Stevens, and William J. Broad, as well as notable occasionals like Gina Kolata. The writing is generally superb, with nary a trace of the oversimplification and inaccuracy that plagues scientific journalism. But these pieces were all originally newspaper articles, and they read that way, complete with sidebars and diagrams. The breadth of topic is great--everything from otolith (ear-bone) interpretation to social behavior, overfishing to snail toxin. A nice collection of 44 articles for the fish-curious or for ichthyologists who have a fat file of Times clippings. --Therese Littleton

From Library Journal
Former "Science Times" editor Wade has selected articles from the famed section of the New York Times and assembled them into single-topic volumes for these first two issues in a new series. Headlines such as "Thuggish Cuckoos Use Muscle To Run Egg Protection Racket," combined with a fast-paced journalistic style, will entice even the science phobic. The articles are accurate, current, and able to give sufficient background information to render their newsworthy research results understandable. The universal scientific importance of outwardly insignificant findings, like mate selection in guppies, is made clear and satisfies an urgent responsibility in science writing. Though a scant table of contents and the absence of an index impair quick access to information, this is highly recommended for general collections.?Frank Reiser, Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558216049
• ISBN-13: 978-1558216044
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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