Big Meg
The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived
$31.10
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilised tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a Port Philip Bay beach near his home. This remarkable find—the tooth was large enough to cover his palm—sparked an interest in palaeontology that was to inform his life’s work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the world’s largest ever predator, the great shark Otodus megalodon.
Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922458841 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922458848 |
| Author: | Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 234mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
‘Tim Flannery scores again, diving into the murky myth-filled waters surrounding the world’s biggest predator, and surfacing with a breathless true story stuffed with astounding facts and personal experience.’ * Lucy Cooke, author of Bitch and The Unexpected Truth about Animals *
‘Big Meg is big fun! It’s packed to the gills with gobsmacking facts, insightful conjecture, and personal observation from two world-class scientists and explorers…a megaladon of delight for any shark-lover!’ * Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus *
‘Flannery is a writer who sneezes at political correctness and charges into the densely land-mined territory of the biological determinants of human behaviour.’
* Washington Post on The Climate Cure *‘Written in easy-to-understand language and he sets out a positive path for this planet’s future.’
* Weekly Times on Sunlight and Seaweed *‘Riveting.’ * Age *
‘The extraordinary story of a fascinating piece of natural history.’ * Qantas Magazine *
‘[Big Meg] presents some gripping insights into the brilliant detective work carried out by a whole range of scientific experts…exemplary in the way it draws clear lines between speculation, fact and fiction in a way that any lover of good detective stories would appreciate. Above all, the authors’ passion for their subject matter is contagious. If you have little interest in fossils and sharks when you start this book, you are in danger of becoming an enthusiastic bore on the subject when you have finished it.’ * ArtsHub *
‘The Flannerys communicate the science with the fidelity of seasoned palaeontologists without losing the breathless wonder of a seven-year-old talking about sharks at the dinner table…A fascinating read.’ * Saturday Paper *
‘A compelling history…Big Meg both entertains and informs.’ * Newtown Review of Books *
About The Author
Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist, an explorer, a conservationist and a leading writer on climate change. He has held various academic positions including visiting Professor in Evolutionary and Organismic Biology at Harvard University, Director of the South Australian Museum, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, and Panasonic Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Macquarie University. His books include the award-winning international bestseller The Weather Makers, Here on Earth, Atmosphere of Hope and Europe: The First 100 Million Years.
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