Introduction
1 A Lineage of Uncertainty
2 Toxic but Fascinating
3 Floats, Eyes and Combs
4 The Illustrator's Nightmare
5 Jellyfish Culture
6 Light, Death and Immortality
7 World Domination
Timeline
Appendix 1: A Brief Description of Individual Species of Jellyfish
Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2: Where to see Jellyfish in Captivity
References
Select Bibliography
Associations, Websites and Apps
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Peter Williams, who lives in Oxford, has a life-long interest in natural history and the contribution animals make to our culture. He is author of Snail (2009) in the Animal series.
Combing through history, art, and science, Peter Williams tells
stories proving that these graceful watery creatures deserve our
appreciation even while they elude our understanding.
*Mary P. Winsor, Professor Emeritus of the IHPST, University of
Toronto*
Neither fish nor jelly and rather more like slime, jellyfish
puzzled Aristotle. Were they animals or plants? Even the father of
taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus, was stumped. In fact, Peter Williams
writes in his engaging and handsomely illustrated book, they are
animals of surprising sophistication, with an ingenious portfolio
of stratagems . . . his book is an ambivalent experience itself.
The reader is by turns wary, repulsed and fascinated by these
creatures . . . Mr Williams argues persuasively, if they are
ineligible for affection, they at least deserve humanity's
respect.
*The Economist*
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