A life underwater

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The work A life underwater represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

A life underwater

Statement of responsibility

Charlie Veron

Creator

• trueVeron, J. E. N., (John Edward Norwood)

Author

• trueVeron, J. E. N., (John Edward Norwood)

Subject

• trueClimate change
• trueCoral reef conservation
• Coral reef conservation -- Australia | Queensland
• trueEnvironmental protection
• trueEnvironmental responsibility
• trueGreat Barrier Reef, Australia
• trueMarine biologists
• trueAustralian
• trueMarine biology
• Marine sciences -- Australia | Queensland
• Marine scientists -- Australia -- Biography
• Veron, J. E. N., (John Edward Norwood)
• Marine biologists -- Australia -- Biography
• Autobiographies

Genre

• trueBiography
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

Summary

"Hailed by David Attenborough and proclaimed a second Charles Darwin, Charlie Veron has lived up to his namesake. Even as a toddler, he had a deep affinity with the natural world, and by school age he knew more about some sciences than his teachers did. This didn't prevent him failing in a system that smothered creativity, and it was only by chance that he went to university. And only by chance that he became a marine biologist, through his love of scuba diving. But once he found his specialty he revolutionised it. He generated a new concept of evolution that incorporates environmental change and a radical idea of what species are, matters which lie at the heart of conservation. He has identified more coral species than anyone in history, and in the process become known as the Godfather of Coral. Charlie has dived most of the world's coral reefs, revelling in a beauty that few others have seen. In this engaging memoir he explains what reefs say about our planet's past and future, and why it's critical they be protected. And also why it's critical that scholarly independence be safeguarded. For it was the freedom he had as a young scientist, to be wayward, to take risks - a freedom barely imaginable in today's world of managed academia - that allowed his breakthroughs. Exhilaratingly eye-opening, provocative, funny and warm, A Life Underwater is an inspiration to the young and the young at heart."--Website

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

ANL

Dewey number

B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates
• facsimiles

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult