Dazzled and deceived : mimicry and camouflage
Forbes, Peter, 1947-2011
Book
'Dazzled and Deceived' tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection.
Main title:
Dazzled and deceived : mimicry and camouflage / Peter Forbes.
Author:
Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2011.
Collation:
xv, 283 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300178968 (pbk)
Dewey class:
578.47578.47FOR
Language:
English
BRN:
717206