DK Eyewitness Guides: Fish - Hardcover

Parker, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863184111 ISBN 13: 9780863184116

Verlag: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Fish are a vast and diverse group of animals ranging in size from tiny minnows to huge sharks all perfectly adapted to living in water and capable of amazing feats of survival. This superb collection of photographs brings their story vividly to life.Starting with a look at fish fossils and anatomy in detail the book describes their evolution and different patterns of behaviour. Discover how a stickleback builds a nest and how a flatfish's eyes move over to one side of its face as it develops. Learn about fish parenting feeding migration and different means of defence. There is also a dazzling head-to-tail feature on a vicious sharp-toothed shark.Produced in association with the Natural History Museum Fish is a unique and compelling introduction to the lives of these fascinating and mysterious animals.

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Steve Parker is a writer, editor, and consultant specializing in general science and life sciences. He graduated with BSc Honours First Class and is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Steve has written more than 250 books, including The Human Body, Eyewitness Medicine, Eyewitness Human Body and Medicine. He has been shortlisted for prizes ranging from BBC Blue Peter Book of the Year to Times Educational Supplement Information Book of the Year and the Rhône-Poulenc Prize, and won the 2014 BMA Board of Science Award for the Public Understanding of Science, and as of 2018 is a two-time winner of the School Library Information Book award.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0863184111
• ISBN 13: 9780863184116
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nachyta Pederzini; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italien