A Natural History of Shells
Geerat J. Vermeij

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Shells and the Questions of Biology	3
Pt. I	The Rules of Shell Construction
Ch. 2	Themes and Variations: The Geometry of Shells	9
Ch. 3	The Economics of Construction and Maintenance	39
Pt. II	Life in a Dangerous World: How Shells Work
Ch. 4	The Mechanics of Shells	61
Ch. 5	Predators and Their Methods	94
Ch. 6	Coping with Enemies: The Shell as Protection	113
Pt. III	The Dimension of Time
Ch. 7	A Historical Geography of Shells	153
Ch. 8	Evolutionary Economics: The Rise and Fall of Adaptive Themes	174
	Index	203

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