Animal weapons : (Record no. 6247)

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fixed length control field 140225s2014 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2014004772
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780805094503
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0805094504
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781429947398
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035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)871228482
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)869437843
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037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Henry Holt & Co, C/O Mps 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, USA, 10010
Note SAN 631-5011
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QL940
Item number .E45 2014
060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number QL 940
Item number E535a 2014
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 591.47
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 591.47
Item number Em53a
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Emlen, Douglas John,
Dates associated with a name 1967-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Animal weapons :
Remainder of title the evolution of battle /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Douglas J. Emlen ; illustrated by David J. Tuss.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Henry Holt and Company,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2014]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-260) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Extremes -- Camouflage and armor -- Teeth and claws -- Claspers, graspers, and giant jaws -- Competition -- Economic defensibility -- Duels -- Costs -- Reliable signals -- Deterrence -- Sneaks and cheats -- End of the race -- Castles of sand and stone -- Ships, planes, and states -- Mass destruction.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Every animal relies on a weapon of some kind -- cats have claws, eagles have talons, and even the dogs we keep as pets have a respectable set of teeth. But the overwhelming majority of these weapons stay small, proportional to the rest of the animals' bodies. In rare cases, however, we find species whose weapons have become stunningly outsized, some with tusks or horns so massive that the animals who wield them look like they should tip over or collapse under their bulk and weight. Weapons just as extreme have cropped up in walruses and narwhals, crabs, beetles, bugs and flies. What is it about these species? Why are their weapons so big? When does bigger become too big? Biology professor Douglas Emlen pulls readers into the worlds of these remarkable beasts, trekking through rainforests and mountain passes to unravel the mysteries of their weapons. Humans are animals, too, and no book on extreme weapons would be complete without an examination of our own arsenals. The parallels between animal weapons and manufactured weapons run deep, and the same critical conditions trigger arms races in animals and in humans, analogous factors sculpt their evolution, and similar circumstances ultimately bring about collapse -- the sudden, and often dramatic, end of the race. A story that begins with biology becomes the story of all weapons, as readers glide between beetles and battleships, crabs and the Cold War. Ultimately, Emlen seeks to determine where this parallel leaves us today, in a post-Cold War world filled with the deadliest weapons of all time -- nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction.
630 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Animal
Date of a work 2017
Miscellaneous information Bildband
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animal weapons.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animal defenses.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Defensive (Military science)
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animal defenses.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00809147
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animal weapons.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00809430
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Defensive (Military science)
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00889691
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Existenzkampf
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Tierkampf
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Waffe
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Evolution
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mensch
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Abwehrverhalten
Source of heading or term gnd
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animal defenses.
Source of heading or term sears
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Military art and science.
Source of heading or term sears
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Animals.
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Weapons.
650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Military Science.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 06/17/2020 30.00   591.47 EM53A 51994001701129 1 Books