Spirals in time the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
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.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Sigma,
2015.
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| Series: | Bloomsbury sigma series ;
bk. 4. |
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Table of 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.
