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Author: Lisa-Ann Gershwin
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 1.111kg
ISBN: 9780226287676
ISBN 10: 022628767
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 June 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Every page of text in Jellyfish has facts as fascinating as these, woven into a thorough coverage of jellyfish history, biology and ecology. Gershwin, a marine biologist who has discovered over 200 new species of jellyfish, does an excellent job of combining a compelling narrative of 50 different jellyfish with luscious, I-can't-believe-they're-real photos. Put this book on your coffee table with caution--you might lose your guests as they submerge themselves into a book that's as exotic as it is absorbing. -- BoingBoing One resembles an exquisitely ruffled and pleated confection of pale silk chiffon; another, a tangle of bioluminescent necklaces cascading from a bauble. Both marine drifters (Desmonema glaciale and Physalia) feature in jellyfish expert Gershwin's absorbing coffee-table book on this transparent group with three evolutionary lineages. Succinct science is intercut with surreal portraiture -- from the twinkling Santa's hat jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) to the delicate blue by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). -- Nature This beautifully illustrated guide introduces readers to the diversity of jellyfish and provides a primer on the seemingly alien animals' physiology, ecology, and evolution. -- Science News
This beautifully illustrated guide introduces readers to the diversity of jellyfish and provides a primer on the seemingly alien animals' physiology, ecology, and evolution. --Science News Every page of text in Jellyfish has facts as fascinating as these, woven into a thorough coverage of jellyfish history, biology and ecology. Gershwin, a marine biologist who has discovered over 200 new species of jellyfish, does an excellent job of combining a compelling narrative of 50 different jellyfish with luscious, I-can't-believe-they're-real photos. Put this book on your coffee table with caution--you might lose your guests as they submerge themselves into a book that's as exotic as it is absorbing. --BoingBoing One resembles an exquisitely ruffled and pleated confection of pale silk chiffon; another, a tangle of bioluminescent necklaces cascading from a bauble. Both marine drifters (Desmonema glaciale and Physalia) feature in jellyfish expert Gershwin's absorbing coffee-table book on this transparent group with three evolutionary lineages. Succinct science is intercut with surreal portraiture -- from the twinkling Santa's hat jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) to the delicate blue by-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). --Nature
Author Information
Lisa-ann Gershwin is director of the Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services. She was awarded a Fulbright in 1998 for her studies on jellyfish blooms and evolution, and she has discovered over two hundred new species--including at least sixteen types of jellyfish that are highly dangerous, as well as a new species of dolphin. She is the author of Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean.
