The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg / Tim Birkhead.
2016
QL675 .B57 2016b (Mapit)
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Title
The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg / Tim Birkhead.
Author
Birkhead, Tim, author.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9781632863690 (hardcover)
1632863693 (hardcover)
1632863693 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Call Number
QL675 .B57 2016b
Dewey Decimal Classification
598.1468
Summary
Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the stories of naturalists and scientists, including Birkhead and his students, whose discoveries have advanced current scientific knowledge of reproduction.
Note
"First published in Great Britain 2016"--Title-page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-265) and index.
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Table of Contents
Climmers and collectors
Making shells
The shape of eggs
Colouring eggs : how?
Colouring eggs : why?
Much ado about albumen : the microbe war
Yolk, ovaries and fertilisation
Stupendious love : laying, incubation and hatching
Epilogue : Lupton's legacy.
Making shells
The shape of eggs
Colouring eggs : how?
Colouring eggs : why?
Much ado about albumen : the microbe war
Yolk, ovaries and fertilisation
Stupendious love : laying, incubation and hatching
Epilogue : Lupton's legacy.