Awards

• Short-listed for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997
• Shortlisted for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997.

Overview

"Darwin's ""Dreampond"" tells the story of the ""furu"" and the battlefield leading to extinction. This text blends discussion of the principles of neo-Darwinian evolution and speciation with a history of Lake Victoria's ecosystem. The science is presented in the context of the author's first-person narrative about his own adventures as a field researcher on the Lake. The author explores the colours and textures of the landscape and the lives of the local people, as he interacts with them during the course of his field work."

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The biological story itself is fascinating, and Mr. Goldschmidt tellsit well. But the genius of his book lies in the way he has combinedthe science with travel writing. He interleaves the two in a highlyreadable way, so that his Tanzanian experiences lighten thescience... the book should give universal pleasure. Mark Ridley , The New York Times Book Review Tijs Goldschmidt has trapped a ghost image in this solid and highlyperceptive work - the glorious, haunting, and indecipherable complexity ofbiological life. Goldschmidt also shows us, however, that the human desireboth to understand and to exploit such life is equally thought-provoking.Thus does Darwin's Dreampond become a first rate account of a modernscientist's field work among the cychlids and the Sukuma people of LakeVictoria. Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams

The biological story itself is fascinating, and Mr. Goldschmidt tells it well. But the genius of his book lies in the way he has combined the science with travel writing. He interleaves the two in a highly readable way, so that his Tanzanian experiences lighten the science. . . . the book should give universal pleasure. --Mark Ridley, The New York Times Book Review

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