Spirals in time
Subtitle: the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
By: Helen Scales
Series: Bloomsbury sigma -- bk. 4; Bloomsbury sigma series -- bk. 4.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781472911360; 9781472916709; 9781472911384
Subjects: Mollusks; Shells
Description: Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Meet the shell-makers; title: How to build a shell; title: Sex, death, and gems; title: Shell food; title: A mollusc called home; title: Spinning shell stories; title: Flight of the Argonauts; title: Hunting for treasures; title: Bright ideas; title: The sea butterfly effect; title: A note on shell-collecting; title: Glossary : a word in your shell-like.