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Dazzled and deceived : mimicry and camouflage / Peter Forbes.
Publication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2009.Description: xv, 283 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780300125399 :
- 0300125399 :
- QH546 .F667 2009
Contents:
1. Darwinians, mockers and mimics -- 2. Swallowtails and Amazon -- 3. Delight in deception -- 4. Pangenesis -- 5. On the wings of angels -- 6. Dazzle in the dock: The First World War -- 7. Camouflage and cubism in the First World War -- 8. Hopeful monsters? -- 9. The natural history of the visual pun -- 10. Cannibals and Sunshields -- 11. Dazzle (revisited) to D-Day -- 12. From butterflies to babies and back -- 13 The aromas of mimicry -- 14 The tinkerer's palette -- 15.The Heliconius variations -- 16. A shifting spectrum
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QH 546 .F667 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 603328 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Darwinians, mockers and mimics -- 2. Swallowtails and Amazon -- 3. Delight in deception -- 4. Pangenesis -- 5. On the wings of angels -- 6. Dazzle in the dock: The First World War -- 7. Camouflage and cubism in the First World War -- 8. Hopeful monsters? -- 9. The natural history of the visual pun -- 10. Cannibals and Sunshields -- 11. Dazzle (revisited) to D-Day -- 12. From butterflies to babies and back -- 13 The aromas of mimicry -- 14 The tinkerer's palette -- 15.The Heliconius variations -- 16. A shifting spectrum
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