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Author: Nancy Knowlton
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Imprint: National Geographic Society
Dimensions:
Width: 21.10cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.771kg
ISBN: 9781426206436
ISBN 10: 1426206437
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 14 September 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
I am well acquainted with many amazing ocean facts, but this book literally made my jaw drop more than once. --Joanna Solins, CORAL Communications Associate <br> The perfect book for curling up with on a cloudy afternoon... a unique combination of photos and substance. --Nancy Baron, Author of Escape from the Ivory Tower and Ocean Science Outreach Director for SeaWeb and COMPASS <br> Citizens of the Sea, is a dazzling collection of photographs of undersea creatures, with commentary by Nancy Knowlton, a marine scientist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and a leader of the census effort. The book's goal is to introduce readers to the plants and animals that inhabit the marine world -- from Antarctic ice to more than six miles down, near the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest spot on the ocean floor. In its pages we encounter creatures both familiar and strange. Most will enjoy it as a journey through what remains a largely alien landscape filled w
Citizens of the Sea is not a book to be read alone. It is packed with facts and photographs that are so cool, so bizarre, and so downright amazing that you'll want to make sure you have some willing company to share them with.[...] Although you may find yourself reading Citizens of the Sea cover-to-cover regardless of your intentions, its gorgeous photos, one-page stories, and fast fact boxes also lend themselves to coffee table perusal. The book would be an excellent vehicle for inspiring older children to get excited about the ocean, but I would particularly recommend it for adults who want to rekindle their childlike wonder. Just don't read it alone! --Joanna Solins, CORAL Communications Associate <br> Citizens of the Sea: Wondrous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life by Nancy Knowlton is a new National Geographic production, and the perfect book for curling up with on a cloudy afternoon with a big pot of tea. The photos, of course, are mind blowing, and Nancy's acco
Author Information
Nancy Knowlton is the Sant Chair for Marine Science at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and a scientific leader of the Census of Marine Life. She founded the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego. Knowlton has devoted her life to studying, celebrating, and striving to protect the multitude of life-forms that call the sea home. She lives with her family in Washington, D.C.
