Spirals in time : the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells /

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Author / Creator:Scales, Helen, author.
Imprint:London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.
Description:304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Bloomsbury sigma ; book four
Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 4.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10352746
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ISBN:9781472911360
1472911369
9781472916709
1472916700
9781472911384
1472911385
9781472911377
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-296) and index.
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.

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