Spirals in Time
The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.
Format: Book
Description: 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment.
Series: Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 4.
Contents:
Meet the shell-makers -- How to build a shell -- Sex, death, and gems -- Shell food -- A mollusc called home -- Spinning shell stories -- Flight of the Argonauts -- Hunting for treasures -- Bright ideas -- The sea butterfly effect -- A note on shell-collecting -- Glossary : a word in your shell-like.
ISBN:
9781472911360
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Water Sca | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-296) and index.