Do Elephants Have Knees? : : And Other Stories of Darwinian Origins / / Charles R. Ault.
Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That’s a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children’s book...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | revised edition |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 11 halftones, 26 line figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Wonderful Relationships
- 1. “Curtiosity’s” Child
- 2. Darwin and the Pampas Pirates
- 3. Fossils, Folly & Faults
- 4. Irritating Worms
- 5. A Lungfish Walked into the Zoo
- 6. Out on a Limb
- 7. Nosey Elephants
- 8. The Bearduck of Baleen
- 9. The Saga of Mooshmael
- 10. The Higgledy-Piggledy Whale
- 11. Archaic Chickengators
- 12. Coral Pigs and Tide Pool Sheep
- Epilogue. Femurs and Footprints
- Notes
- Index