First book of animals
- Title
- First book of animals / by the editors of Scientific American.
- Published by
- New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1955.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 240 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Series statement
- Scientific American books
- Uniform title
- Scientific American book
- Subject
- Contents
- 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
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- "Scientific American books"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 239-240.