Platypus The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World

Name: Platypus The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World
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ISBN: 9781560989776

ISBN-10: 1560989777

ISBN-13: 9781560989776

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ann Moyal

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Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication date: 7/17/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



This Highly Interesting Novelty'



The Frenchmen's Gaze



Marshalling the Animals



The Wrangling Scientists



The Land of Contrarieties



The First Hard Look



The Paper War



Darwin's Platypus



To the Antipodes



The Clash of Titans



Solving the Mystery



The New Men



'The Platypus Man'



The Platypus Goes to War



'The Animal of All Time'


Glossary


A Word on Sources


Illustrations


Index