| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2016"--Title-page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-265) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Birds -- Eggs.
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Birds -- Embryology.
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Birds -- Reproduction.
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| ISBN |
9781632863690 (hardcover) : $27.00 |
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1632863693 (hardcover) |
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9781632863713 (ePub) |
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