Scales, Helen,
Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells / Helen Scales. - 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. - Bloomsbury sigma ; book four . - Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 4. .
Series information from title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
Prologue -- 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 -- Epilogue -- A note on shell-collecting -- Glossary : a word in your shell-like.
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.
9781472911384 1472911385 9781472911360 1472911369 1472916700
2017430310
GBB529923 bnb
Mollusks.
Shells.
Mollusks.
Shells.
QL405 / .S33 2015
594.147/7
Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells / Helen Scales. - 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. - Bloomsbury sigma ; book four . - Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 4. .
Series information from title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
Prologue -- 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 -- Epilogue -- A note on shell-collecting -- Glossary : a word in your shell-like.
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.
9781472911384 1472911385 9781472911360 1472911369 1472916700
2017430310
GBB529923 bnb
Mollusks.
Shells.
Mollusks.
Shells.
QL405 / .S33 2015
594.147/7