Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World by Moyal, Ann

Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World

When the first platypus specimen reached England from Australia in 1799, the scientific community claimed that it...
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Author: Ann Moyal
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Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World by Moyal, Ann

Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World

€50,48

Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World

€50,48
Author: Ann Moyal
Format: Paperback
Language: English

When the first platypus specimen reached England from Australia in 1799, the scientific community claimed that it was a hoax. On closer investigation, dubious European naturalists eventually declared it to be real, though in an age obsessed with classification, the category-defying platypus sparked heated debates across Europe for a century. In Platypus, Ann Moyal provides a unique biography of one of the world's most famously strange creatures and tells the incredible story of how it became the focus of the great scientific debates of the nineteenth century. Eloquent and concise, Platypus uncovers the earliest theories and latest discoveries about this delightfully odd member of the animal kingdom.



Author: Ann Moyal
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 10/29/2004
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.24w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780801880520
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 47
Science Books & Films 11/01/2005 pg. 242

About the Author

Ann Moyal is a historian of science. She has held research and teaching positions at a number of universities and is the founder and past president of the Independent Scholars Association of Australia. She lives in Canberra.




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