Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
Title:
Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
Format:
Books
Author:
Publication Date(s):
2015
ISBN:
9781472911360
9781472916709
9781472911384
Physical Description:
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Series:
Bloomsbury sigma ; book four
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.
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.
