
Insect Lives
Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 18. October 1999
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-471-28277-8 (ISBN)
Description
A weird and wonderful journey into the insect world through literature, science, art, and popular culture Insects inhabit an often unseen world, pursuing strange, tiny, and astonishingly full lives far beyond our wildest imaginings. From the dawn of the written word, humans have recorded their fascination with insects, from Aristotle, the world's first "biologist," to the journals of the nineteenth-century naturalists, to the hyperbolic and highly entertaining science fiction screenplays of the twentieth century. Insect Lives delightfully captures the entire range of our insect preoccupation. This eclectic and absorbing anthology of hard science, thrilling discoveries, and outlandish tales features everything from the Bible to Dave Barry, from Henry David Thoreau to Charles Darwin. Erich Hoyt (North Berwick, Scotland) has written for National Geographic and the New York Times and is the author of The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants. Ted Schultz, PhD (Washington, DC), is a Smithsonian Institution entomologist and former editor at Whole Earth Review.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
667 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-28277-8 (9780471282778)
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Persons
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.
Content
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.