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The Fishy Smiths A Biography of JLB & Margaret Smith

Biography / Memoir Out of Print
By: Mike Bruton(Author), Angus Paterson(Foreword By)
360 pages, 16 plates with colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations; b/w photos, b/w illustrations
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  • The Fishy Smiths ISBN: 9781775846468 Paperback Nov 2018 Out of Print #244497
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The discovery of the modern-day coelacanth will forever be linked with the name of JLB Smith. An intense, irascible, eccentric man, JLB (as he was widely known) and his long-suffering wife Margaret were both remarkable South African scientists who changed the course of the biological sciences. Best known for their research on the coelacanth, they also contributed in many other ways to the scientific study of fishes (ichthyology) and related fields.

- The first comprehensive biography about JLB and Margaret Smith.
- Traces their formative years and serendipitous meeting, leading up to the discovery of the coelacanth, and the tumultuous years that followed.
- Details their punitive work ethic, eccentric and rugged lifestyle, and their astonishingly productive lives.
- A story awash with adventure, travel, discovery, risk-taking, near-death experiences – and their extraordinary contribution to science.

Illustrated with black-and-white images of the Smiths' fascinating lives, as well as a 16-page colour section, Mike Bruton's lively account fills a scientific and biographical niche and will become a classic of the South African scene.

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Mike Bruton was born and educated in East London, where the first coelacanth was caught. He studied under JLB and Margaret Smith at Rhodes University, and subsequently took over from Margaret Smith as Director of the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, launching a series of expeditions to study the coelacanth. He has been involved in coelacanth conservation and has given talks around the world on ‘old fourlegs’.

Biography / Memoir Out of Print
By: Mike Bruton(Author), Angus Paterson(Foreword By)
360 pages, 16 plates with colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations; b/w photos, b/w illustrations
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