This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to sh

The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish. Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was

Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.

"An engrossing tale of obsession, adventure and scientific reasoning." —Betty Ann Kevles, Los Angeles Times In the winter of 1938, a fishing boat by chance dr

Examines the coelacanth, a type of fish that scientists thought had become extinct during the time of dinosaurs, until a live one was discovered in 1938.