A true tale of science and discovery / / Lawrence A. Curtis ; illustraed by Nathan Lee Tanner
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 594/.32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Snails |
| Discoveries in science | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A true tale of science and discovery |
| ISBN: | 1-61761-395-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910965271903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Environmental Research Advances