First book of animals

Title
  1. First book of animals / by the editors of Scientific American.
Published by
  1. New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1955.
Author
  1. Scientific American, inc.

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Description
  1. xi, 240 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Series statement
  1. Scientific American books
Uniform title
  1. Scientific American book
Subject
  1. Zoology
  2. Animal behavior
  3. Zoology
  4. zoology
Contents
  1. The balance of nature. The spider and the wasp / by Alexander Petrunkevitch -- Sea lamprey and lake trout / by Vernon C. Applegate and James W. Moffett -- Mating. The courtship of animals / by N. Tinbergen -- The curious behavior of the stickleback / by N. Tinbergen -- The home life of the swift / by David and Elisabeth Lack -- The social insects. The language of the bees / by August Krogh -- The army ant / by T.C. Schneirla and Gerard Piel -- The termite and the cell / by Martin Luscher -- Origin of species. Darwin's finches / by David Lack -- The end of the moas / by Edward S. Deevey, Jr. -- Physiological engineering. The metabolism of hummingbirds / by Oliver P. Pearson -- Shrews / by Oliver P. Pearson -- The desert rat / by Knut and Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen -- Flight and navigation. Bird aerodynamics / by John H. Storer -- Birds as flying machines / by Carl Welty -- The navigation of birds / by Donald R. Griffin -- Sonar in bats / by Donald R. Griffin -- Sonar in birds / by Donald R. Griffin -- Insects in the laboratory. Metamorphosis of insects / by Carroll M. Williams -- Hormones in the roach / by Berta Scharrer -- Spider webs and drugs / by Peter N. Witt -- The proper study of mankind. Conditioning and the emotions / by Howard S. Liddell -- Curiosity in monkeys / by Robert A. Butler -- The Yerkes Laboratories / by George W. Gray.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. "Scientific American books"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 239-240.