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Adventures among Ants : A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions-Mark W. Moffett
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780520261990
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520261992
ISBN-13
9780520261990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78684899
Product Key Features
Book Title
Adventures Among Ants : a Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Animals / Insects & Spiders, Animals / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
33.2 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-040610
Reviews
"The book itself is a fine specimen . . . [Moffett's] expertise with the camera must match his expertise on ant biology." -- National Wildlife, Serfdom, war and dying for the tribe: It reads like a page out of a Russian novel. In fact, we're talking about ant life., The book itself is a fine specimen . . . [Moffett's] expertise with the camera must match his expertise on ant biology., "Take a look at daring eco-adventurer Mark Moffett's spectacular new ant book." - Margaret Atwood-- New York Review of Books, "Packed with graphic enthusiasm...[and] provocative thoughts. . . . [Moffett] writes with an entertainer's instinct for hooking a restless audience."-- New York Times, Adventures Among Ants may reach a broader audience than other recent publications and therefore stimulate interest in ants among a new generation., Packed with graphic enthusiasm...[and] provocative thoughts. . . . [Moffett] writes with an entertainer's instinct for hooking a restless audience., "[Adventures among Ants] is hefty, yet aerodynamic. It's really good for killing ants."-- The Colbert Report, Adventure Among Ants offers exotic tales of places you will probably never go, and glimpses of beautiful ants performing marvelous feats., "Take a look at daring eco-adventurer Mark Moffett's spectacular new ant book."--New York Review of Books, "[Adventures among Ants] is hefty, yet aerodynamic. It's really good for killing ants."--The Colbert Report, "Adventures Among Ants may reach a broader audience than other recent publications and therefore stimulate interest in ants among a new generation."-- Bioscience, "The book itself is a fine specimen . . . [Moffett's] expertise with the camera must match his expertise on ant biology." --National Wildlife
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
595.79/615
Synopsis
Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human--including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. * Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity * Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics * Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food, Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human--including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. - Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity - Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics - Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food
LC Classification Number
QL568.F7M64 2010
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