Bite
An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
Published on 13. August 2024
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-64375-178-8 (ISBN)
Description
"A longtime research associate in zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, Bill Schutt turns his expertise to teeth, taking readers on a fascinating and sometimes creepy journey through their natural, scientific, and cultural history, arguing that tooth evolution has been the most important factor to vertebrate species' success"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64375-178-8 (9781643751788)
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08/2024
Little, Brown and Company
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Person
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author of six nonfiction and fiction books, including Pump: A Natural History of the Heart and the New York Times Editor’s Choice, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History. Recently retired from his post as professor of biology at LIU Post, he is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has studied bats all over the world. His research has been featured in Natural History magazine as well as in the New York Times, Newsday, the Economist, and Discover.
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