Bones: The Unity of Form and Function

Alexander, R McNeill, Professor, and Kosoff, Brian (Photographer), and Norell, Mark A (Foreword by)

ISBN 10: 0025836757 / ISBN 13: 9780025836754

Edité par MacMillan Publishing Company, NEW YORK, 1994

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4 to; gray boards with box lettering; 223 pgs.; color photographs throughout; color photography on dj. Very good in very good dust jacket. CLEAN, TIGHT, & ATTRACTIVE. DJ PROTECTED BY NEW MYLAR WRAP. N° de réf. du vendeur 1.15795

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Titre : Bones: The Unity of Form and Function

Éditeur : MacMillan Publishing Company, NEW YORK

Date d'édition : 1994

Reliure : Hard cover

Illustrateur : Heck, Edward

Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket Included

Edition : First printing.

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Synopsis :

Book by Alexander R McNeill

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Few creations of nature display the perfect unity of form and function found in the vertebrate skeleton. Ingeniously designed by the processes of evolution, bones are marvels of engineering. In tribute to both the beauty and mechanics of its subject, Bones explores the structure, material, and movement of bones. It examines the composition of bone material, looks at joints and muscle attachments that allow for movement-including such elaborate mechanisms as fish jaws, rattlesnake fangs, and a lion's retractable claws-and shows how the same bone is shaped wildly differently in a variety of animals.A wealth of specially commissioned color plates shows bones as they have seldom been seen before. The luminous images range from the unusual (the skeleton of a pygmy flying squirrel) to the ordinary (the tailbones of a domestic cat), and from the enormous (the vertebra of a dinosaur) to the minuscule (the acoustic bones of a desert kangaroo rat). With its blend of lively science and unexpected beauty, Bones leaves readers with insight into the workings of the skeleton, and a sense of wonder at its intricacy.