| Description |
xix, 328 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Prologue: Trial in Alaska -- 1. The Reason Why -- 2. The Galapagos That Darwin Knew -- 3. Galapagos Climate History: The Eastern Pacific and the Ice-Age Amazon -- 4. Pleistocene Refuge and the Arid Amazon Hypothesis -- 5. The Republic of the Equator -- 6. Refuge Theory Expands in Brazil -- 7. The Paradigm and the Prophet -- 8. Amazon's Bitter Lakes -- 9. On the Trail of Francisco de Orellana -- 10. Ice-Age Forest Found -- 11. Pollen, Anacondas,and the Cool, Damp Breeze of Doubt -- 12. The Paradigm Strikes Back -- 13. The Adventure of the Darien Gap -- 14. The Adventure of the Floating Forest -- 15. The Adventure of the Customs Shed -- 16. The Adventure of the Inselberg That Leaked -- 17. Ice Ages from an Amazon Inselberg -- 18. Two Thousand Fathoms Thy Pollen Lies -- 19. Maicuru, the Last Adventure -- 20. Paradigm Coup de Grace |
| Summary |
"In this memoir of a life in science, ecologist Paul Colinvaux takes his readers from the Alaskan tundra to steamy Amazon jungles, from the Galapagos Islands (before tourists had arrived) to the high Andes and the Darien Gap in Panama. He recounts an adventurous tale of exploration in the days before GPS and satellite mapping, and a tale no less exhilarating of his battle to disprove a hypothesis endorsed by most of the scientific community."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical referencesand index |
| Subject |
Colinvaux, Paul, 1930- -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.
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Climatic changes -- Amazon River Region.
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Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene.
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Natural history -- Amazon River Region.
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| LC no. |
2007021088 |
| ISBN |
9780300115444 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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