CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. NEW PREFACE vii
4. Chapter 1: Shells and the Questions of Biology 3
5. PART I. The Rules of Shell Construction
6. Chapter 2: Themes and Variations: The Geometry of Shells 9
7. Chapter 3: The Economics of Construction and Maintenance 39
8. Annotated Bibliography 54
9. PART II.Life in a Dangerous World : How Shells Work
10. Chapter 4: The Mechanics of Shells 61
11. Chapter 5: Predators and Their Methods 94
12. Chapter 6: Coping with Enemies: The Shell as Protection 113
13. Annotated Bibliography 149
14. PART III. The Dimension of Time
15. Chapter 7: A Historical Geography of Shells 153
16. Chapter 8: Evolutionary Economics: The Rise and Fall of Adaptive Themes 174
17. Annotated Bibliography 200
18. INDEX 203