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MAN and SHELLS Molluscs in the History

Author : Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 168108225X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book MAN and SHELLS Molluscs in the History written by Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Paleolithic age to the present, molluscs - which include squids, octopuses and a variety of shellfish - have featured in different facets of our history. Yet much of this detail is either unknown or underappreciated. From the shapes and patterns in their shells, to their culinary, medicinal and scientific value and from their depictions in literature and religions, mulluscs in general, and shellfish in particular, have fascinated mankind for millennia. Man and Shells is a treatise on molluscs in our natural history. Readers will traverse through the journey by demonstrating how these organisms have accompanied humans in arts and culture, in ancient religions, the myths that surround them, their role in commerce as in dyeing and as currency as well as in aquaculture and fishing, and much more. Man and Shells helps us to appreciate these creatures that continue to have an important yet little known place in the cultural evolution of man through the ages.

Spirals in Time

Author : Helen Scales
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472911377
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Spirals in Time written by Helen Scales and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them. Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet. But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close. That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. Spirals in Time is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution. Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.

Seashells of Southern Florida

Author : Paula M. Mikkelsen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691239452
Total Pages : 947 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Seashells of Southern Florida written by Paula M. Mikkelsen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 947 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. The first in a series of three volumes on the molluscan fauna of the Keys and adjacent regions, Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves provides a comprehensive treatment of these bivalves, and also serves as a comparative anatomical guide to bivalve diversity worldwide. Paula Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler cover more than three hundred species of bivalves, including clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shipworms, jewel boxes, tellins, and many lesser-known groups. For each family they select an exemplar species and illustrate its shell and anatomical features in detail. They describe habitat and other relevant information, and accompany each species account with high-resolution shell photographs of other family members. Text and images combine to present species--to family-level characteristics in a complete way never before seen. The book includes fifteen hundred mostly color photographs and images of shells, underwater habitats, bivalves in situ, original anatomical and hinge drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and unique transparent--shell illustrations with major organ systems color-coded and clearly shown. Seashells of Southern Florida: Bivalves is the most complete guide to subtropical bivalves available. It is an essential tool for students and teachers of molluscan diversity and systematics, and an indispensable identification guide for collectors, scuba divers, naturalists, environmental consultants, and natural-resource managers.

A Natural History of Shells

Author : Geerat J. Vermeij
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691001677
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Shells written by Geerat J. Vermeij and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1995-04-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “one of the master naturalists of our time” (American Scientist), a fascinating exploration of what seashells reveal about biology, evolution, and the history of life Geerat Vermeij wrote this “celebration of shells” to share his enthusiasm for these supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in biology. How are shells built? How do they work? And how did they evolve? With lucidity and charm, the MacArthur-winning evolutionary biologist reveals how shells give us insights into the lives of animals today and in the distant geological past.

Art, Ethics and the Human-Animal Relationship

Author : Linda Johnson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030788334
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Art, Ethics and the Human-Animal Relationship written by Linda Johnson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the works of major artists between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, as important barometers of individual and collective values toward non-human life. Once viewed as merely representational, these works can also be read as tangential or morally instrumental by way of formal analysis and critical theories. Chapter Two demonstrates the discrimination toward large and small felines in Genesis and The Book of Revelation. Chapter Three explores the cruel capture of free roaming animals and how artists depicted their furs, feathers and shells in costume as symbols of virtue and vice. Chapter Four identifies speciest beliefs between donkeys and horses. Chapter Five explores the altered Dutch kitchen spaces and disguised food animals in various culinary constructs in still life painting. Chapter Six explores the animal substances embedded in pigments. Chapter Seven examines animals in absentia-in the crafting of brushes. The book concludes with the fish paintings of William Merritt Chase whose glazing techniques demonstrate an artistic approach that honors fishes as sentient beings.

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

Author : Cynthia Barnett
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393651452
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans written by Cynthia Barnett and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year A stunning history of seashells and the animals that make them that "will have you marveling at nature…Barnett’s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation" (John Williams, New York Times Book Review). Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable history of our world through an examination of the unassuming seashell. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom—and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

A Natural History of Shells

Author : Geerat Vermeij
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691229244
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of Shells written by Geerat Vermeij and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a new preface by the author"--Title page.

A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells

Author : Edward Forbes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells written by Edward Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A history of british mollusca and their shells

Author : Edw Forbes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A history of british mollusca and their shells written by Edw Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shell Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an Aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign

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Author : Julia Ellen Rogers
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781345328783
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Shell Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an Aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign written by Julia Ellen Rogers and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the British Museum

Author : British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the British Museum written by British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Interesting Shells

Author : Andreia Salvador
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780565095109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Interesting Shells written by Andreia Salvador and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shells are exoskeletons of living creatures and have fascinated humans for millennia. Interesting Shells presents portraits of beautiful specimens from the Natural History Museum's vast collections, each accompanied by a caption explaining thier unique characteristics--whether biological, historical or geographical"--Page 4 of cover

Shells

Author : Fabio Moretzsohn
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789147433
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Shells written by Fabio Moretzsohn and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, clams, coquinas, cowries, and much more. Shells have captivated humans from the dawn of time: the earliest known artwork was made on a shell. As well as containers for food, shells have been used as tools, jewelry, decorations for dwellings, and to bring good luck or to ward off spirits. Many Indigenous peoples have used shells as currency, and in a few places, they still do. This beautifully illustrated book investigates the fascinating scientific and cultural history of shells. It examines everything from pearls—the only gems of animal origin—to how shells’ diverse colors and shapes are formed. And it reveals how shells have inspired artists throughout history, how shells have been used in architecture, and even how shells can be indicators of changing environmental conditions. Also including two essays by shell expert M. G. Harasewych, emeritus curator of gastropods in the Smithsonian’s Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Shells is an authoritative exploration of the deep human connection to these molluscan exoskeletons of sea, lake, land, and stream.

A Popular History of the Mollusca

Author : Mary Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Popular History of the Mollusca written by Mary Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shell Book

Author : Julia Ellen Rogers
Publisher : Arkose Press
ISBN 13 : 9781345352399
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The Shell Book written by Julia Ellen Rogers and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells

Author : Edward Forbes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells written by Edward Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells...

Author : Edward Forbes
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781314941630
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells... written by Edward Forbes and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.