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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965271903321

Autore

Curtis Lawrence A

Titolo

A true tale of science and discovery / / Lawrence A. Curtis ; illustraed by Nathan Lee Tanner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61761-395-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

Environmental research advances series

Disciplina

594/.32

Soggetti

Snails

Discoveries in science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.