Tag: Fish
Main events for the 2013 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting kicked off today and we're happy to join the Society in Los Angeles for its 73rd annual meeting. At the same time, we recognize both that not everyone who wanted to attend could and that many of the professionals and students attending will find it…
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. The past spring, JHU Press published Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. We sat down with this book’s authors, Edward O. Murdy and John A.…
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. The past spring, JHU Press published Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. We sat down with this book’s authors, Edward O. Murdy and John A.…
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by William J. Turkel Around 1949, while on a visit to the aquarium at the London Zoo, Hans Lissmann noticed that the African fish Gymnarchus…
Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by William J. Turkel Around 1949, while on a visit to the aquarium at the London Zoo, Hans Lissmann noticed that the African fish Gymnarchus…
By john
August 20, 2013
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News and Notes The August 8 edition of the London Review of Books featured a magnificent Colm Tóibín appreciation of The Selected Letters of Anthony Hecht. Americans are living longer than ever, aided by ever-advancing life-saving medical technologies and treatments. Dr. Dan Morhaim, author of The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in…
By john
August 20, 2013
American History, Biography, Biology, Current Affairs, For Everyone, General Science, Health and Medicine, History, Journals, Literature, Middle East, Politics, Popular Culture, Regional-Chesapeake Bay, Reviews, Social media, Travel, Uncategorized, War and Conflict
News and Notes The August 8 edition of the London Review of Books featured a magnificent Colm Tóibín appreciation of The Selected Letters of Anthony Hecht. Americans are living longer than ever, aided by ever-advancing life-saving medical technologies and treatments. Dr. Dan Morhaim, author of The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in…
By john
June 28, 2013
American History, Biology, Conferences, Food / Cooking, For Everyone, History, Literature, Poetry, Press Events, Uncategorized
Summer's here but that doesn't mean our staff and authors are all at the beach. Here's what's hot with the JHU Press this July. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11-14 July 2013 JHU Press exhibit — Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Albuquerque Convention Center Albuquerque, NM Conference details; JHU Press science & math catalog ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 July 2013,…
By john
June 28, 2013
American History, Biology, Conferences, Food / Cooking, For Everyone, History, Literature, Poetry, Press Events, Uncategorized
Summer's here but that doesn't mean our staff and authors are all at the beach. Here's what's hot with the JHU Press this July. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11-14 July 2013 JHU Press exhibit — Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Albuquerque Convention Center Albuquerque, NM Conference details; JHU Press science & math catalog ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 July 2013,…
Guest post by Val Kells I firmly believe that if you work hard, invest fully in your goal, keep your nose clean, and mix it up with like-minded and similarly-driven people, good things are bound to happen. Yes, fate steps in now and again: a right turn here, a left turn there . . .…