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Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise [Audiobook] download free by Professor Steve Jones

Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise Audiobook download free by Professor Steve Jones
  • Listen audiobook: Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise
  • Author: Professor Steve Jones
  • Release date: 2008/4/4
  • Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Natural History
  • ISBN: 9780349121475
  • Rating: 9.43 of 10
  • Votes: 531
  • Review by: Donald Abrams
  • Review rating: 8.7 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/25
  • Duration: 3H9M30S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-03
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, FLAC, WMA Lossless, WMA, MPEG4, Apple Lossless, WAV, Musepack (compression TBZ2, Z, JAR, 7-ZIP, ZIP, RAR)
  • Total pages original book: 256
  • Includes a PDF summary of 22 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 15M54S (4.4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of the most important issues facing us today. Following in the footsteps of Darwin and Captain Cook, Jones reveals what coral has to tell us about the human genome project, cloning, and the possibility of a cure for cancer and genetic diseases; what insights it can offer us into the future of trade in oil and other forms of carbon; how it is linked to the fluctuations in weather patterns that have lead to destruction along the coasts of the Americas and the Far East. Finally, Jones considers what coral - exploited and destroyed in many ways and under siege from climate change - tells us about the likely future of the planet and humankind: it is a warning that both may be close to the point of no return. CORAL: A PESSIMIST IN PARADISE is an inspired, eclectic book that links science with history, literature, politics and myth. It belongs to a vivid tradition of thinking and writing about humankind and its place in nature.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Sea Life & The Seashore, Popular Science
  • Download servers: Google Drive, Monova, Hotfile, FileServe, Microsoft OneDrive, Torrent, FreakShare, Zippyshare. Compressed in TBZ2, Z, JAR, 7-ZIP, ZIP, RAR
  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 9.96 USD
  • Dimensions: 126x197x17mm
  • Weight: 186g
  • Printed by: Abacus
  • Published in: London, United Kingdom

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Authors
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