a ISBN 0-395-71816-3

a ISBN 0-395-79147-2

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number QH501

b Item number .A54 1995

a Dewey Classification 574

a Personal name Angier Natalie

a Title The beauty of the beastly :

b Remainder of title new views on the nature of life /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Natalie Angier.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Boston, Mass. :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Houghton Mifflin,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1995.

a Extent xii, 278 p. ;

c Dimensions 22 cm.

a General note "A Peter Davison book."

a General note Selection of revised pieces which originally appeared in the New York times.

a General note Includes index.

a Formatted contents note 1. Mating for Life? -- 2. The Urge to Cuddle -- 3. Tell a Tale of In-Laws -- 4. Female Choice: An Eve-olutionary Force -- 5. What Makes a Parent Put Up with It All? -- 6. Dolphin Courtship: Brutal, Cunning, and Complex -- 7. Skin Deep? -- 8. The Grand Strategy of Orchids -- 9. The Very Pulse of the Machine -- 10. The Wrapping of DNA -- 11. Chaperoning Proteins -- 12. A Clue to Longevity -- 13. What Happens When DNA Is Bent -- 14. Blueprint for an Embryo -- 15. DNA's Unbroken Text -- 16. Admirers of the Scorpion -- 17. Parasites and Sex -- 18. The Scarab, Peerless Recycler -- 19. There Is Nothing Like a Roach -- 20. The Pit Viper: Bizarre, Gallant, Venomous -- 21. The Play's the Thing -- 22. Hormones and Hyenas -- 23. The World's Most Endangered Primate -- 24. Plenty of Fish in the Sea -- 25. Chasing Cheetahs -- 26. Busy as a Bee? -- 27. It's Only Human -- 28. A New Theory of Menstruation -- 29. Why Vegetables Are Good for You -- 30. Unsightly Fat: The Mammals' Fate -- 31. The Anatomy of Joy -- 32. The Artful Doctor -- 33. From Madness to Masterpiece -- 34. Scientist at Work: Victoria Elizabeth Foe -- 35. Scientist at Work: Mary-Claire King -- 36. At the Science Museum with Stephen Jay Gould -- 37. Cell Death as the Key to Life -- 38. Myc Gene, Arbiter of Death or Life -- 39. The Other Side of Suicide -- 40. Another Stitch in the Quilt -- 41. A Granddaughter's Fear.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life Biology