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Life in a Shell: A Physiologist's View of a Turtle

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Availability:In StockContributor:Donald C. JacksonPublish date:2013-03-04Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674072305ISBN-10:674072308UPC:9780674072305Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, AnimalsBook Topic:Biology, Reptiles & Amphibians, Anatomy & PhysiologySize:9.24 x 6.29 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCPB254FR6

Life in a Shell: A Physiologist's View of a Turtle

Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this engaging book physiologist Donald Jackson shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us a look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674072305ISBN-10:674072308UPC:9780674072305Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, AnimalsBook Topic:Biology, Reptiles & Amphibians, Anatomy & PhysiologySize:9.24 x 6.29 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCPB254FR6

Donald C. Jackson is Professor Emeritus of Medical Science, Brown University.

Author's home: Providence, RI

Publisher: Harvard University Press

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