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Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
- Title
- Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells / Helen Scales.
- Author
- Scales, Helen
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL405 .S33 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 22 cm.
- Summary
- 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 Statement
- Bloomsbury sigma ; book four
- Uniform Title
- Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 4.
- Subject
- Note
- Series information from title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
- 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
- 9781472911384
- 1472911385
- 9781472911360
- 1472911369
- 9781472916709
- 1472916700
- 9781472911377 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017430310
- OCLC
- ocn911071461
- 911071461
- SCSB-1846595
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library