From Aardvarks to Zooxanthellae: The Definitive Lyrical Guide to Nature’s Ways

ISBN-13: 9783319716244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 157 str.

John C. Avise

Opis

Hundreds of animal species provide the cast of characters for these newly composed bio-limericks, arranged into 17 chapters by taxonomic group (such as Birds, Fishes, Insects) or biological subject (such as Ecology, Genetics, and Anthropology).

Spis treści

Mammalogy (mammals)

Ornithology (birds)

The Life of a Couple of Birds

Herpetology (reptiles and amphibians)

Ichthyology (fishes)

The Life of a Fish

Entomology (insects)

Invertebrate Zoology (other than insects)

Microbiology (microbes)

Botany (plants)

Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine

Ecology

Ethology (behavior)

Evolution

Genetics

Anthropology: The Human Saga

Appendix: Famous Animal Phrases

O autorze

Normally a far more serious scientist, John C. Avise is a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of California at Irvine.  A member of the National Academy of Sciences, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, Avise has published more than 350 scientific articles plus 30 books on a wide range of biological topics related to genetics, ecology, evolution, natural history, and the human condition.

Blurb

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

He’s a birder, and geneticist.

His name is pronounced “Avis”,

     With a silent “e”,

     So that you can see:

He’s an odd bird, slightly amiss!

Poetry is his hobby,

In office or a lobby;

     It keeps him sane,

     And not too vain

Or snobby.

ABOUT THE BOOK

It’s a textbook like no other,

So why did Avise bother?

     To achieve lasting fame,

     And enhance his name

As a great literary author!

Natural history and biology

Fully covered from A to Z.

     Humorous, delightful,

     And wisely insightful,

Sheer poetry!

ABOUT LIMERICKS

Such poems he hopes to transform…

To a sublime and lofty art-form:

     Clean, wise, funny,

     Delightfully punny,

And meant to biologically inform.