A Natural History of Shells (PDF)

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Synopsis

Geerat Vermeij wrote this "celebration of shells" to share his enthusiasm for those supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in biology. How are shells built? How do they work? How did they evolve? The author lucidly and charmingly demonstrates how shells give us insights into the lives of animals in our own day as well as in the distant geological past.

Book details

Author:
Geerat J. Vermeij
ISBN:
9780691001678
Related ISBNs:
9780691085968
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-09-20
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
Princeton University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature