Lessepsian Migration - The Influx of Red Sea Biota into the Mediterranean by Way of the Suez Canal (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978)

There are few achievements of modern man which can compare to the Suez Canal. In Egypt-the land of the most famous wonders of antiquity-the Suez Canal was built as the first technical wonder ofthe industrial revolution. Ferdinand de Lesseps was a man straddling two epochs-the romantic utopism of Saint Simon and the modern world of technocracy. The gigantic project was at its start shouldered by the crowds of tens of thousands of forced laborers still available and ended as a show-piece for modern mechanical earth-moving techniques. The canal builders themselves were still polyhistors in the old sense: engineers cum-zoologists; naval officers-cum-geologists; diplomats meddling with chem istry. During the four generations of the existence of the Suez Canal, the fateful professional narrowmindedness became progressively worse. The engineers con tinued their work in and around the Canal, but they became oblivious and unresponsive to the environmental impact, to the fascinating changes in the biotic scenery which they were producing with their own hands."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ecological Studies, 23
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1978
Authors:	F.D. Por
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-66730-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-66730-9
Barcode:	9783642667305

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