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Author:   Clara Pinto-Correia
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Copernicus Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.090kg
ISBN:  

9780387988764

ISBN 10:   0387988769
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   27 January 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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From the reviews: <p> Pinto-Correia recounts the history of the dodo, both as a biological specimen and as an enduring subject of cultural history and lore. <p>SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE <p> The Dodo went from being newly discovered to extinction in less than a hundred years. a ] Clara Pinto-Correia, in following the birda (TM)s re-creation, shows in this remarkable book how the human intellect and the human imagination prey on sketchy facts and images, how missing pieces and incomplete lines are merged and fused to make a cohesive whole. (FirstScience.com, April, 2003) <p> Pinto-Correia skillfully weaves the tale of the discovery, exploitation, and extinction of the dodo and the closely related Rodrigues and RA(c)union Solitaires of the Mascarene Islands. a ] the author has produced a readable, sometimes fascinating, history of the multiple discoveries of the islands by European nations. a ] A thoroughly researched, footnoted, and readable book. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels. (S.W. Harris, CHOICE, June, 2003) <p> Pinto-Correia presents an excellent history of one of the most famous extinct birds, the dodo, and the two allied species found only in the Mascarene Islands a ] . Delving knowledgeably into history, art, folklore, and biology, this is a fine, readable account of the vulnerability, everywhere, of island life forms. Highly recommended. (Henry T. Armistead, Library Journal, February, 2003)

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Clara Pinto-Correia is the author of the best-selling The Ovary of Eve. She has taught in the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; served as a research assistant at Harvard University in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; and is currently Professor and Director of the Masters Degree Program in Developmental Biology at the Universidade Lusofona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.

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