Author: George Washington Tryon
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Land and Fresh-water Shells of North America
Author: George Washington Tryon
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Shells of the Philippines
Author: Foster James Springsteen
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Land and Water
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Author: Cynthia Barnett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393651452
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393651452
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.
Land & Water
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
New Shells of South Asia
Author: Nguyên Ngoc Thach
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ISBN: 9780578208053
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Languages : en
Pages : 173
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ISBN: 9780578208053
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Languages : en
Pages : 173
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The Conchologists' Exchange
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Category : Mollusks
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Geology and Ground-water Resources of the Prestonsburg Quadrangle, Kentucky
Author: William Evans Price
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Nature
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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