The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg
Title:
The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg
Author:
Birkhead, Tim author.
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.
ISBN:
9781632863690
Physical Description:
xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Format:
Books
Publication Date as Range:
2016
