A Science on the Scales: The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939

by Jennifer M. Hubbard

In A Science on the Scales, Jennifer M. Hubbard tells the story of how a new and emerging science - marine and fisheries biology - became an important enterprise in Canada. She uses extensive archival research - focussed on scientific correspondence and internal reports - and follows the science's development in Canada, as well as Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In so doing, Hubbard describes the important, but fraught,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802088597
• ISBN13: 9780802088598
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher