The most perfect thing, inside (and outside) a bird's egg, Tim Birkhead
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The most perfect thing, inside (and outside) a bird's egg, Tim Birkhead
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-265) and index
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non fiction
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The most perfect thing
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933287017
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Tim Birkhead
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inside (and outside) a bird's egg
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
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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
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