AL MOMENTO ESAURITO
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393067041
ISBN-139780393067040
eBay Product ID (ePID)66573845
Product Key Features
Book TitleSuperorganism : the Beauty Elégance and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLife Sciences / Developmental Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorBert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight57.8 Oz
Item Length10.3 in
Item Width8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-038547
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal595.79
SynopsisThe Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume., The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume. The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants , this new volume expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades. These superorganisms--a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor--represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between the organism and the entire species. The study of the superorganism, as the authors demonstrate, has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life as a whole has progressed from simple to complex forms. Ultimately, this book provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a very few., The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants , this new volume expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades. These superorganisms--a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor--represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between the organism and the entire species. The study of the superorganism, as the authors demonstrate, has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life as a whole has progressed from simple to complex forms. Ultimately, this book provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a very few.
LC Classification NumberQL496.H65 2009
