Civilization and the limpet /
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| Author / Creator: | Wells, Martin John. |
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| Imprint: | Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, c1998. |
| Description: | x, 209 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Helix books |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3549355 |
Table of Contents:
- Sea Urchins
- Civilization and the Limpet
- On Being Both Sexes
- How Old Is a Fish?
- Hot Fish
- Dangerous Animals
- Animals on Islands
- Diverse Divers
- The Life of the Lugworm
- Basking Sharks, Economics, and Politics
- Buoyancy
- Drinking Seawater
- Things That Go Flash in the Night
- Dolphins
- Food from the Sea, Vegetarianism, and the Rights of Animals
- Success
- Measuring the Cost of Behavior
- Foul Organisms
- Crawling up Walls and Walking on Water
- Mackerel, Scomber scombrus: An Exemplary Fish
- God's V.A.T.
- About Octopuses
- Life with a Living Fossil
- The Dilemma of the Jet Set
- Does Science Have to Be Useful?
