Silk

A History in Three Metamorphoses

Aarathi Prasad

Description

Silk is a cultural and biological history from the origins and ancient routes of silk to the biologists who learned the secrets of silk – producing animals, manipulating the habitats and physiologies of moths, spiders and molluscs.

Because there is more than one silk, there is more than one story of silk. From the moths of China, Indonesia and India to the spiders of South America and Madagascar, to the silk-producing molluscs of the Mediterranean, Silk is a book rich in the passionate connections made by women and men of science to the diversity of the animal world. It is an intoxicating mix of biography, intellectual history and science writing that brings to life the human obsession with silk.

Details

  • Format
    Paperback
  • Pages
    368
  • Size
    235 x 155mm
  • Publisher
    Harper Collins
  • ISBN
    9780008451851
Stock Code
230054
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$37.99
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