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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans by Cynthia Barnett, 2021

A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans, and ourselves.

A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year
A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year

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Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature’s creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea , acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana, Barnett has created an unforgettable account of the world’s most iconic seashells. She begins with their childhood wonder, unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are telling scientists about our warming, acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon capture inspired by shell, Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature’s wisdom―and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world. 16 black-and-white illustrations
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The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells by Hans Meinhardt, 4th ed. 2009

For centuries scientists have tried to understand the growth and development of multicellular organisms. More recently, with the help of mathematical models and computerized simulations, they have discovered algorithmic patterns and models that seem to describe the dynamic processes in which organisms grow, reproduce, and respond to external factors

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In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Hans Meinhardt explains and illustrates these structural growth patterns in the case of sea shells. The book delightfully conveys the intuitive appeal and the "touch of magic" in this research. A diskette packaged with the book contains a program that allows the reader to run the simulations on a PC. New patterns can be generated interactively to provide an insight into the process of biological pattern formation.
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Lydia Vvinters

#PennedPossibilities What hobbies do you have outside of writing?

Well, I am an eclectic creature.

I do a bit of #art #drawing #sculpture #linux #coding #witchcraft #gardening #naturephotography #filmphotography , collect #vintagecameras and #funnycameras do some #birdwatching #Guerrillagardening practice my #handwriting do a bit of #design , #retrogaming collect #seashells , #fossils and #crystals and have recently taken up #woodcarving

Ha, no wonder there is never enough time in a day!

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Shells - leave them by the shore

"This summer, please leave the sea shells by the seashore. Someone needs that shell more than you. For native wildlife, both occupied and unoccupied shells provide important shelter and sources of calcium and grit."

"If you absolutely must pick something up and take it home, please pick up some of the vast amount of plastic found on Australian beaches."
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#shells #seashells #collecting #beach #ecosystems #tourism #hoarding #BeachCombing #marine #wildlife #habitat #MarineParks #molluscs #shellfish #plastic #waste #TakeAway #HolidaySeason

Takeaway plastic packaging forgotten on a NSW beach
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