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Autore |
Curtis Lawrence A |
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Titolo |
A true tale of science and discovery / / Lawrence A. Curtis ; illustraed by Nathan Lee Tanner |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Collana |
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Environmental research advances series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Snails |
Discoveries in science |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The start -- The omnivorous snail -- A stylish affair -- A delving into parasites -- The flesh-eating snail -- Snails possessed -- A sexually confused snail -- Sociable parasites -- Old timer -- A 1981-1995 capstone -- New place, new people -- Really old giants -- Parasites in the wilds of Southeastern Rehoboth Bay -- Within-snail battles? -- Distances traveled at a snail's pace -- Parasites and where host snails go and what they do -- How snails here and there get to have different features -- The ending. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work gives a down-in-the-trenches view of how knowledge of the biological world increased. It deals with science, but in a way that does not presume that the reader is versed in that area of human knowledge. |
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