Your Inner Fish

Your Inner Fish
Author: Neil Shubin
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0307377164

The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells a “compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human” (Oliver Sacks). By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest—enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.

Is There a Text in This Class?

Is There a Text in This Class?
Author: Stanley Fish
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1980
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780674467262

A collection of essays concerning language, literature, reading, writing and the reader.

The 101 Best Tropical Fishes

The 101 Best Tropical Fishes
Author: Kathleen Wood
Publisher: Tfh Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Aquariums
ISBN: 9781890087937

Whether you are a new or intermediate hobbyist, The 101 Best Tropical Fishes is designed to help you choose the hardiest, most appealing fishes and maintain a healthy, sustainable home system.The 101 Best Tropical Fishes presents 101 full-page species accounts of fishes that not only have high survival rates in captivity but also are appealing in appearance and behave well in community tanks. Also included are 33 species to avoidfishes that most commonly wreak havoc in home aquariums because of their size or aggressiveness, or that tend to perish in the hands of inexperienced aquarists. Written by a career aquarium professional with decades of experience keeping freshwater fishes and working with leading aquarium-hobby writers, this title features exclusive tips on the basics of selecting fishes, mixing and matching livestock in aquariums of various sizes, building compatible communities, husbandry basics for each species, and expert tricks for keeping fishes healthy and colorful. The book is organized for instant look-up, with color coding to highlight species that will fit into aquarium systems of different sizes. The brilliant, full-color identifying photos, taken by the worlds leading marine fish photographers, serve as the perfect complement to the informative text.For the most current and fascinating information on keeping tropical fish in a home aquarium, The 101 Best Tropical Fishes offers a durable and easy-to-use resource for encouraging success within the home-aquarium hobby.

Aquamaster

Aquamaster
Author: Peter Hiscock
Publisher: Interpet Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2007
Genre: Aquarium fishes
ISBN: 9781842861332

Fish culture in aquariums.

Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas
Author: Peter van der Sleen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2017-12-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1400888808

The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the pirarucu. Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers. The guide’s contributors include more than fifty expert scientists. They summarize the current state of knowledge on the taxonomy, species richness, and ecology of these fish groups, and provide references to relevant literature for species-level identifications. This richly illustrated guide contains 700 detailed drawings, 190 color photos, and 500 distribution maps, which cover all genera. An extensive and illustrated glossary helps readers with the identification keys. The first complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas, this comprehensive guide is essential for anyone interested in the freshwater life inhabiting this part of the world. First complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon and Orinoco basins Contributors include more than fifty experts Identification keys and distribution maps for all genera 190 stunning color photos 700 detailed line drawings Extensive and illustrated glossary

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
Author: Raman Selden
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1993-06-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780813108162

Unsurpassed as a text for upper-division and beginning graduate students, Raman Selden's classic text is the liveliest, most readable and most reliable guide to contemporary literary theory. Includes applications of theory, cross-referenced to Selden's companion volume, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature.