The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology

by Frederick Rowe Davis

Book Overview

Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. With the rise of molecular biology came a growing
popular awareness of species extinction. Carr championed endangered sea turtles, and his work reflects major shifts in the study of ecology and evolution. A...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195310772
• ISBN13: 9780195310771
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"