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The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef
by Davidson, Osha Gray
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 047117727X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471177272
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Wiley, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 100x16x152. Some edgewear to dustjacket. Aided by an eight-page, full-color photographic insert demonstrating the incredible intricacies of the reef and its unique inhabitants, The Enchanted Braid identifies the approximately 240,000 square miles of coral reef on the planet today as indispensable not only to the livelihood of the oceans but also to humans. The reef is, after all, the "soul of the sea," the spawning ground for tens of thousands of marine species. As sources of food(many islands rely on reefs for all their protein), medicine(corals are used in bone grafts and to fight cancer and leukemia),and detailed insight into the history of climatic conditions, coral reefs are critically important to human life on Earth. However, in a world of oil tanker disasters, global warming, and dwindling natural resources, they are also in grave danger of extinction. Osha Gray Davidson's urgent clarion call to halt today's man-made degradation of coral reefs is both alarming and persuasive, effectively underscored by the rich historical context of passages from Darwin's captivating diary of his seminal work on reefs 150 years ago. Like the coral reef, The Enchanted Braid is itself a rare hybrid, a graceful combination of aesthetic appreciation, scientific inquiry, and environmental manifesto.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010028904
- Title
- The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef
- Author
- Davidson, Osha Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 047117727X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471177272
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, Nj
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 100x16x152
- Keywords
- natural history, ecology
- X weight
- 23 oz
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