The way nature works /
The way nature works /
- New York : Macmillan Pub., c1992.
- 359 p. : ill. 30 cm.
Section 1 & 2 demonstrate the new,dynamic approach ,and the illustrations clearly show the forces that are at work and the effects they cause-within the Earth,at the surface ,in the oceans and in the atmosphere.Section3 examines the rise of life from primitive organisms to present-day species and their extraordinary adaptations.Section 4 ,the reproductive strategies of plants and animals are explained ,and the section includes the elaborate courtship rituals employed by some species.Section 5 deals with the way plants and animals obtain nourishment.Section 6 loooks at the mechanics of animal movement and how they build their homes,including details of the social structures of species that collaborate to build.Section 7 presents the weaponry and tactics employed in the battle between predator and prey.Section 8 reveals the sectres of the acute senses that many animals possesssome of which are unknown in humans-and describes the wide rangwe of techniques they use to communicate with each other.Section 9 looks at global habitats and how different species of plants and animals live and interact.
0-02-862281-2
Natural history
Science
R QH 13 .W364 1992
Section 1 & 2 demonstrate the new,dynamic approach ,and the illustrations clearly show the forces that are at work and the effects they cause-within the Earth,at the surface ,in the oceans and in the atmosphere.Section3 examines the rise of life from primitive organisms to present-day species and their extraordinary adaptations.Section 4 ,the reproductive strategies of plants and animals are explained ,and the section includes the elaborate courtship rituals employed by some species.Section 5 deals with the way plants and animals obtain nourishment.Section 6 loooks at the mechanics of animal movement and how they build their homes,including details of the social structures of species that collaborate to build.Section 7 presents the weaponry and tactics employed in the battle between predator and prey.Section 8 reveals the sectres of the acute senses that many animals possesssome of which are unknown in humans-and describes the wide rangwe of techniques they use to communicate with each other.Section 9 looks at global habitats and how different species of plants and animals live and interact.
0-02-862281-2
Natural history
Science
R QH 13 .W364 1992
