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An edition of The most perfect thing (2016)

The most perfect thing

inside (and outside) a bird's egg

First U.S. edition.

by

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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.

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Bloomsbury USA
Language
English
Pages
288

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Subjects
Eggs, Embryology, Birds, Reproduction, Birds, eggs

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Cover of: The Most Perfect Thing
The Most Perfect Thing: Inside a Bird's Egg
Jul 25, 2017, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Cover of: The most perfect thing
The most perfect thing: inside (and outside) a bird's egg
2016, Bloomsbury USA
in English - First U.S. edition.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Most Perfect Thing
Most Perfect Thing: Inside a Bird's Egg
2016, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Most Perfect Thing
Most Perfect Thing: Inside a Bird's Egg
2016, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Most Perfect Thing
Most Perfect Thing: Inside a Bird's Egg
2016, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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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
Lupton's legacy.

Edition Notes

"First published in Great Britain in 2016"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-265) and index.

Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
598.14/68
Library of Congress
QL675 .B57 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
288

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OL27205341M
Internet Archive
mostperfectthing0000birk
ISBN 10
1632863693
ISBN 13
9781632863690
OCLC/WorldCat
933287017

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