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Journey to the ants : a story of scientific exploration

Journey to the ants : a story of scientific exploration

Hölldobler, Bert, 1936- author.
Book 1994

Hailed as "a masterpiece" by Scientific American and as "the greatest of all entomology books" by Science, Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson's monumental treatise The Ants also was praised in the popular press and won a Pulitzer Prize. This overwhelming success attests to a fact long known and deeply felt by the authors: the infinite fascination of their tiny subjects. This fascination finds its full expression in Journey to the Ants, an overv...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Ants
Ants Research
Hölldobler, Bert, 1936-
Insect societies
Wilson, Edward O
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ISBN:
9780674485259
0674485262
0674485254
Description:
228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
The dominance of ants
For the love of ants
The life and death of the colony
How ants communicate
War and foreign policy - The Ur-ants
Conflict and dominance
The origin of cooperation - The superorganism
Social parasites: breaking the code
The trophobionts
Army ants
The stangest ants
How ants control their environment
LCCN:
94013386
Control Number:
51798
Other Authors:
Wilson, Edward O., author
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