Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare (Princeton Science Library) - Softcover

Colinvaux, Paul A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691023646 ISBN 13: 9780691023649

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1979

Synopsis

Here is one of the most provocative, wide-ranging, and delightful books ever written about our environment. Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of the efforts of those who seek to preserve it.

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A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation. -- The New Yorker
A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation. -- "The New Yorker

"A rare achievement. . . . Colinvaux makes us marvel with him at the stability of nature and the incredible fit of every part of it."--New York Times Book Review

"A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation."--New Yorker

"A highly readable and accessible account of the complex way in which nature has molded its ecosystems by fitting predators to prey and food chains to both."--John Barkham

-A rare achievement. . . . Colinvaux makes us marvel with him at the stability of nature and the incredible fit of every part of it.---New York Times Book Review

-A mind-tingling survey . . . of the many factors involved in the interrelationships of all living things. . . . An incisive and stirring book, and a model of scientific explanation.---New Yorker

-A highly readable and accessible account of the complex way in which nature has molded its ecosystems by fitting predators to prey and food chains to both.---John Barkham

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"A highly readable and accessible account of the complex way in which nature has molded its ecosystems by fitting predators to prey and food chains to both."--John Barkham

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0691023646
• ISBN 13: 9780691023649
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266