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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Buch von Cynthia Barnett
Sprache: Englisch

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Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations for thousands of years. They were money before coins, jewellery before gems, art before canvas.

In The Sound of the Sea, Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and environmental science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. From the mysterious glow of giant clams to the surprising origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, the book is filled with unforgettable stories. As it explores the perfect symmetry of a Chambered Nautilus, the pink-glossed lip of a Queen Conch or what we hear when we hold a shell to the ear, it makes a powerful argument for listening to shells-and acting on what they are telling us about the impacts of climate change on the seas, marine life and humanity.

Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations for thousands of years. They were money before coins, jewellery before gems, art before canvas.

In The Sound of the Sea, Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and environmental science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. From the mysterious glow of giant clams to the surprising origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, the book is filled with unforgettable stories. As it explores the perfect symmetry of a Chambered Nautilus, the pink-glossed lip of a Queen Conch or what we hear when we hold a shell to the ear, it makes a powerful argument for listening to shells-and acting on what they are telling us about the impacts of climate change on the seas, marine life and humanity.

Über den Autor
Cynthia Barnett is the author of three previous books, including Rain, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and named a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. She lives with her family in Gainesville, Florida, where she is also Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780393651447
ISBN-10: 0393651444
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 65144
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Barnett, Cynthia
Hersteller: Blue Guides Limited of London
Maße: 238 x 161 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Cynthia Barnett
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,758 kg
Artikel-ID: 119005842
Über den Autor
Cynthia Barnett is the author of three previous books, including Rain, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and named a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. She lives with her family in Gainesville, Florida, where she is also Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780393651447
ISBN-10: 0393651444
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 65144
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Barnett, Cynthia
Hersteller: Blue Guides Limited of London
Maße: 238 x 161 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Cynthia Barnett
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,758 kg
Artikel-ID: 119005842
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