Animals Without Backbones

Buchsbaum, Ralph; Buchsbaum, Mildred; Pears, John; Pearse, Vicki

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1987

About this Item

4to fine softcover.x, 572 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes index. Bibliography. An Introduction to the Invertebrates . Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and more than eighty other colleges and universities adopted it for use in courses. Since then, its clear explanations and ample illustrations have continued to introduce hundreds of thousands of students and general readers around the world to jellyfishes, corals, flatworms, squids, starfishes, spiders, grasshoppers, and the other invertebrates that make up ninety-seven percent of the animal kingdom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Animals Without Backbones
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1987
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: . Ottimo (Fine)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scienza Science Mathematics