Skeletons: The Extraordinary Form and Function of Bones

Kirk, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1782404023 / ISBN 13: 9781782404026

Published by Ivy Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Skeletons: The Extraordinary Form and ...

Publisher: Ivy Press

Publication Date: 2016

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Bone is one of the most extraordinary materials in the natural world – flexible and strong, available in a number of types and densities. Yet we only absorb quite how amazing it is when we look at the range of different jobs it can do, from supporting and shaping a huge and heavy mammal like an elephant to enabling a bat to fly. And looking into the distant past, scientists know what they know about the dinosaurs and their descendents from their fossilized bones, extraordinary reminders of how different our world used to be. Skeletons takes the virtuoso engravings of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and marries them with a contemporary and readable text that brings them right up to date, creating an appealing mix of scientific eye candy and cutting-edge scholarship. 

Product Description:

Evolving from fish scales 500 million years ago, bone is a remarkable material that is capable of strength, lightness and flexibility; in a range of skeletal arrangements it can support the weight of an elephant or a bird in flight and provide the dexterity of a human hand. Through a series of line drawings and extended captions, this accessible introduction examines the different forms and structures that have evolved across the animal kingdom.