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Barnett, Cynthia

 
9781324022077: The Sound Of The Sea: Seashells And The Fate Of The Oceans
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ISBN 10 : 1324022078 ISBN 13 : 9781324022077
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2022

Synopsis

Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewellry before gems, art before canvas.

In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas.

From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom―and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1324022078
ISBN 13 
9781324022077
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
448
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