The Open Sea: Its Natural History; Part I: The World Of Plankton
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Beneath the shimmering surface of the world's oceans lies an invisible universe teeming with life — and Sir Alister Hardy's The Open Sea: Its Natural History throws open the doors to this breathtaking realm. In this first volume, subtitled The World of Plankton, Hardy chronicles the extraordinary diversity of microscopic and macroscopic organisms that drift through the ocean's currents, presenting a richly detailed portrait of the planktonic world that underpins virtually all marine life. Drawing on his own 145 watercolour illustrations, 67 black-and-white photographs, and over 300 line drawings and maps, the work is as visually arresting as it is scientifically rigorous, making the invisible architecture of the sea vividly tangible to both the specialist and the curious general reader. Hardy, a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, brings the authoritative eye of a career naturalist to this landmark study of marine biology. His prose balances scientific precision with genuine wonder, transforming dense biological detail into an absorbing narrative of ecological interdependence and oceanic scale. A foundational text in twentieth-century natural history, The Open Sea stands alongside the great works of popular science writing — and its unanswered questions about the ocean's living depths will leave any reader hungry to turn to the next page.
Author: Sir Alister Hardy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Beneath the shimmering surface of the world's oceans lies an invisible universe teeming with life — and Sir Alister Hardy's The Open Sea: Its Natural History throws open the doors to this breathtaking realm. In this first volume, subtitled The World of Plankton, Hardy chronicles the extraordinary diversity of microscopic and macroscopic organisms that drift through the ocean's currents, presenting a richly detailed portrait of the planktonic world that underpins virtually all marine life. Drawing on his own 145 watercolour illustrations, 67 black-and-white photographs, and over 300 line drawings and maps, the work is as visually arresting as it is scientifically rigorous, making the invisible architecture of the sea vividly tangible to both the specialist and the curious general reader. Hardy, a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and Linacre Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, brings the authoritative eye of a career naturalist to this landmark study of marine biology. His prose balances scientific precision with genuine wonder, transforming dense biological detail into an absorbing narrative of ecological interdependence and oceanic scale. A foundational text in twentieth-century natural history, The Open Sea stands alongside the great works of popular science writing — and its unanswered questions about the ocean's living depths will leave any reader hungry to turn to the next page.