Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-265) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The most perfect thing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

933287017

Responsibility statement

Tim Birkhead

Sub title

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

Table Of 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 -- Epilogue : Lupton's legacy

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