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Fascinating Shells : An Introduction to 121 of the World’s Most Wonderful Mol...
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- ISBN
- 9780226819136
- Book Title
- Fascinating Shells : an Introduction to 121 of the World's Most Wonderful Mollusks
- Item Length
- 7 in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Ecology, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Animals / Marine Life, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 24.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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A New Scientist Best Book of the Year Beautiful photographs of stunning shells from London's Natural History Museum, home to one of the most significant and comprehensive collections in the world. Collected and treasured for their beauty, used in religious rituals, or even traded as currency, shells have fascinated humans for millennia. Ancient and enchanting, dazzling in form and variety, these beautiful objects come from mollusks, one of the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, including snails, oysters, cuttlefish, and chitons. Soft-bodied, these creatures rely on shells for protection from enemies and their environments, from snowy mountains to arid deserts, in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the jungles of the tropics, on rocky shores, and in coral reefs. In this book, mollusk expert Andreia Salvador profiles some of the world's most beautiful and quirky shells, each selected from the more than eight million specimens held in the collection at London's Natural History Museum. We lock eyes with the hundred-eyed cowry, named after "the all-seeing one," the giant Argus Panoptes of Greek mythology. We see how shells' appearances translate into defense strategies, as with the zigzag nerite, which varies its patterning to deceive and confuse predators. And we meet shell inhabitants, such as the amber snail, which eats earthworms by sucking them up like spaghetti. Reproduced in full color and striking detail, these shells have much to reveal about the history of collecting, the science of taxonomy, and the human desire to understand the natural world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226819132
ISBN-13
9780226819136
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13050026300
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fascinating Shells : an Introduction to 121 of the World's Most Wonderful Mollusks
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Ecology, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Animals / Marine Life, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql404.S34 2022
Reviews
Beautifully illustrated with photographs of mollusk shells held by the Natural History Museum in London, this appealing book educates and inspires simply by showing and telling us about the animals that created these stunning works of art. Who ever thought that a person could learn so much about natural history and evolution, about human culture and human nature by learning about mollusk shells?, With excellent photographs accompanied by informative and interesting text, this book belongs in shore homes, collectors' cabinets, and artists' studios alike., Fully captures their sheer extraordinariness. . . . The mind boggles to think how Salvador whittled the museum's collection of 8 million-plus specimens down to the 121 in Fascinating Shells ., A beautiful book to spark interest among the general public and to highlight important issues from the conservation status of mollusks to ocean acidification., A dazzling new release . . . takes you on a tour of the world's most fascinating and impressive shells. . . . Salvador proves that there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the structure of marine mollusks, and there's some serious construction going on among our ocean's smallest residents.
Copyright Date
2022
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2021-025584
Dewey Decimal
591.47/7
Dewey Edition
23
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