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Author:

McGowan, Christopher.

Title:

Diatoms to dinosaurs : the size and scale of living things / Chris McGowan ; illustrations by Julian Mulock.

Publisher:

Island Press/Shearwater Books,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Morphology (Animals)
Body size.
Physiology
Life (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
Body Constitution.
Physiology, Comparative.
Evolution.
Somatotypes.
Animals--anatomy & histology
Anatomy, Comparative
Morphologie (Animaux).
Corps--Mensurations.
Physiologie.
Vie (Biologie).
Évolution (Biologie).

Notes:

"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-271) and index.

Contents:

Scale of life -- Keep the home fires burning -- Pumping iron -- From cradle to grave -- Giants: modern and ancient -- Brains: from the massive to the minute -- Drag in the material world -- High fliers -- Tiffany wings and kite strings -- Drifting with the tide: life in the plankton -- Life in the fast lane.

ISBN:

9781559633048 (cloth : acid-free paper)
1559633042 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30818070

LCCN:

94013112

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)