The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions - Softcover
In Darwin's time, island biogeography was the science that opened Victorian minds to the wonder of evolution. Today with all the world's wild landscape being chopped into island-like fragments, it's the science of jeopardy and extinction. This book combines science, historical narrative and travel.
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"A moving book... Quammen is a good writer who has taken the time to master an important subject and do it justice" (Richard Dawkins The Times)
"Not since Gerald Durrell's books 30 years ago have I encountered such writing about the natural world. The witty, pithy, modest prose and the clever interweaving of science and storytelling are of a quality unrivalled in th field" (Matt Ridley Sunday Telegraph)
"Impressive and deeply moving...blends first-rate science journalism with superb travel and nature writing" (Financial Times)
"David Quammen is a brilliant young star of nature writing... His book is an important example of the genre, written in an enchanting style. His knowledge, based on years of research and adventure around the world, is truly impressive" (Edward O. Wilson, author of 'The Diversity of Life')
This is a stunning book with graceful reverberations' Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge
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- PublisherPimlico
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0712673334
- ISBN 13 9780712673334
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages704
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