electric fish

Incredibly beautiful book dedicated to fish that are able to generate electricity. These unusual fish live in rivers, seas and oceans around the world. Scientists have not yet fully studied their biology and lifestyle. Water serves as a conductor of electricity for them, and electricity helps these animals adapt to the environment and increase their chances of survival. From this book you will learn how electric fish work, how they use their ability to produce electrical discharges, where they live and what their place in history and culture is.

In short:

• Each spread is dedicated to one species.
• The information is presented in the form of infographics.
• The artist used a very effective combination of colors.
• The book was read by two scientific editors: an ichthyologist and a physicist.
• The book won the Grand Prix of the Lux and Grafika competitions of the Canadian agency Infopresse for illustrations and graphic design. She was shortlisted for the Hubert-Reeves Prize for non-fiction books for children and teens.
• There is a small glossary at the end.

For whom:

For middle and high school age. For adult lovers of beautiful books and fish.

About authors

Eric Harvey-Girard is a Research Fellow in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Born in Sept-Iles, Canada. He received his doctorate in neurology and neurosurgery from McGill University in Montreal. The topic of the dissertation was the sensory system of weakly electrical brown ghost fish from the Apteronotidae family.

Stéphane Poirier is an architect and illustrator by education who lives and works in Montreal, Canada.