Insect Lives Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World
Langue : Anglais
Coordonnateurs : Hoyt Erich, Schultz Ted
A Wonderful Journey into the Insect World through Literature,Science, Art, and Popular Culture Aristotle on metamorphosis
* Alfred Russel Wallace on the rare butterflies of the MalayArchipelago
* Jean-Henri Fabre on the art of the dung beetle
* Dave Barry on naming the U.S. Official National Insect
* Charles Darwin on seagoing insects
* William Beebe on an army ant invasion
* Kevin Kelly on bee and human swarming
* Jonathan Schell on postnuclear insect survival
* Gary Larson on when insects take over
* May Berenbaum on maggots and murderers
* Henry David Thoreau on race wars among the ants
* Thomas Eisner on stealth bugs
* David George Gordon on appreciating the lowly cockroach
* Maurice Maeterlinck on the queen-bee s wedding
* Edward O. Wilson on insect societies
plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays,poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.
* Alfred Russel Wallace on the rare butterflies of the MalayArchipelago
* Jean-Henri Fabre on the art of the dung beetle
* Dave Barry on naming the U.S. Official National Insect
* Charles Darwin on seagoing insects
* William Beebe on an army ant invasion
* Kevin Kelly on bee and human swarming
* Jonathan Schell on postnuclear insect survival
* Gary Larson on when insects take over
* May Berenbaum on maggots and murderers
* Henry David Thoreau on race wars among the ants
* Thomas Eisner on stealth bugs
* David George Gordon on appreciating the lowly cockroach
* Maurice Maeterlinck on the queen-bee s wedding
* Edward O. Wilson on insect societies
plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays,poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.
Wonders of Creation: Insects Praised.
Plagues of Vermin: Insects Reviled.
To Conquer the Earth: Insects Take Over.
A Cast of Millions on a Fantastic Journey: Mass Movement.
The Superorganism: Social Insects.
Insect Architecture.
Go Forth and Multiply: Mating and Reproduction.
Metamorphosis.
Symbioses and Mimicry.
Lives under the Microscope: Insect Behavior.
Acknowledgments.
Indexes.
Plagues of Vermin: Insects Reviled.
To Conquer the Earth: Insects Take Over.
A Cast of Millions on a Fantastic Journey: Mass Movement.
The Superorganism: Social Insects.
Insect Architecture.
Go Forth and Multiply: Mating and Reproduction.
Metamorphosis.
Symbioses and Mimicry.
Lives under the Microscope: Insect Behavior.
Acknowledgments.
Indexes.
ERICH HOYT has written for National Geographic and the New York Times. He is the author of ten books, including The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants. TED SCHULTZ, Ph.D., is an entomologist at the Smithsonian Institution and a former editor of Whole Earth Review.
Date de parution : 10-1999
Ouvrage de 368 p.
16.1x23.9 cm
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