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Book Title: Do Elephants Have Knees? : and OTHER Stories of Darwinian Origins
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.3in
Author: Charles R. Ault, Charles R. Ault Jr.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Life Sciences / Evolution, Children's & Young Adult Literature, Teaching Methods & Materials / Science & Technology, Science & Technology
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Education, Literary Criticism, Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
