Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth
An engrossing tale of obsession, adventure and scientific reasoning. —Betty Ann Kevles, Los Angeles Times
An engrossing tale of obsession, adventure and scientific reasoning. —Betty Ann Kevles, Los Angeles Times
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393308686 (0393308685)
Publish date: July 17th 1992
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
On December 22, 1938, Marjorie Courtney-Latimer, curator of the small natural history museum of East London on the southeastern tip of South Africa, was called to the docks by a friendly trawler captain. Courtney-Latimer had a standing arrangement with local fisherman. They would call her if they di...
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