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A true tale of science and discovery / Lawrence A. Curtis ; illustraed by Nathan Lee Tanner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curtis, Lawrence A.
- Series:
- Environmental Research Advances
- Environmental research advances series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snails.
- Discoveries in science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61761-395-9
- OCLC:
- 763163253
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