Life in the Undergrowth - Rilegato

Attenborough, David

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ISBN 10: 0691127034 ISBN 13: 9780691127033

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2006

Riassunto

A richly illustrated companion to the Animal Planet television program offers a rare, close-up study of the secret life of invertebrates, focusing on a broad spectrum of tiny, diverse creatures that have had a profound impact on not only the evolutionary cycle but also the environmental health of the planet.

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Recensione:

"With its superb synthesis of the majority of living species, Life in the Undergrowth is a high point in David Attenborough's career, but it is also an elegant restatement of something he has spent a lifetime trying to teach: we are simply one species among a multitude, all of which are worthy of our interest and respect." --Tim Flannery, New York Review of Books

"A companion to a new television program on Animal Planet, this wonderful exploration of invertebrates exceeds the requirements for a great nature book through the strength of its photographs and the quality of its prose." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"Attenborough is at it again, exploring the natural world with his team of cinematographers and clearly explaining what they've found to a lay audience. . . The text is always lively." ---Booklist

"The stories told in this book are astonishing, and Attenborough knows just what wonder buttons to push. . . . This is a beautifully written book--a worthwhile addition to any family library and a fitting companion for anyone's lap while watching Life in the the Undergrowth." --Biology Digest

"Well-known naturalist Attenborough has written this book in a most engaging manner. Illustrated with stunning photographs, it serves both to inspire and inform." --Choice

"David Attenborough is one of those beloved Brits equally at home on the small screen or on the page, and Life in the Undergrowth is a companion volume to a television series of the same name. On the cover, a damselfly with the biggest, bluest eyes you ever saw peers out, inviting the reader in for one of Attenborough's trademark forays into the lives--social, sexual and gustatory, if not psychological--of creatures that comprise some 80 percent, says Stephen Marshall [author of Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity] of all identified animal species, with doubtless many more to come." --Martin Levin, Globe and Mail

"[A] beautifully produced study of fossil invertebrates." --John Wilson, First Things

L'autore:

Sir David Attenborough is one of the best-loved naturalists of our time. He is the author of The Life of Birds, The Life of Mammals, The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behavior, and Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (all Princeton) and Life on Earth. He has presented numerous world-renowned and award-winning natural history documentaries.

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0691127034
• ISBN 13: 9780691127033
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288