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Hi,
Funny coincidence...I just saw that book in the bargain section
of the local book store and was debating buing it at lunch today.
Is ist good?
>Dear Conch-L,
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>Has anyone read Geerat Vermeij's autobiography "Privileged Hands:
>A Scientific Life"?
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>It's is about the life of evolutionary biologist and paleontologist Dr. Geerat
>Vermeij, his contributions to conchology-malacology (he used both terms in
>his book), discussions of field work, and how he became successful in his
>field despite being blind.
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>I have just finished it and wondered if anyone had thoughts about the book,
>or Dr. Vermeij's work in general.
>
>I am becoming interested in shell form and function, as particularly related
>to habitat.
>
>Elizabeth
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca
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