The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef
John Wiley & Sons
269 pages, notes, index, bibliography, 23 color photographs.
The Enchanted Braid is a non-technical natural history; a tale of coral-love obsession, from Darwin’s to the author’s; and an account of assaults on and compulsions to save the ’soul of the sea.’ It’s the best introduction we’ve seen, with striking photographs and a thirteen page bibliography.”
– Whole Earth Review
- Finalist, Natural World Book Award (UK)
- Discovery Channel Online Editor’s Nature Pick
- Amazon.com Nature/Ecology Selection of the Month
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.Publishers Weekly
Davidson traveled and dove around the world to do his research. … His imaginative language and treatment of scientific terminology are impressive throughout. Davidson believes that “if we are to save the reefs, we must understand them better. But here we have come full circle, we have returned to our initial question. How do you comprehend something as complex as the coral reef?” Davidson’s thorough book, which helps to do just that, will appeal primarily to environmentalists and divers but should be read by travelers to ocean settings as well.
Kirkus Reviews
This natural natural history of coral reefs and our relationship to them delivers a measured but damning indictment of human environmental folly. Reefs “the rainforests of the ocean” take up a fraction of the sea but host a quarter of all marine species. They also boast the ocean’s most stunning combination of beauty and abundance. … Davidson’s accessible, heartfelt portrait of man’s deleterious effect on the sea is a sobering examination of the devilishly complex corner humanity is painting itself into.
photo © Clay Cook
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