Insect Lives - Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World (Hardcover)
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 Malay Archipelago
- 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 beeand humanswarming
- 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-bees wedding
- Edward O. Wilson on insect societies
plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays, poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.
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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 Malay Archipelago
- 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 beeand humanswarming
- 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-bees wedding
- Edward O. Wilson on insect societies
plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays, poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.
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Imprint | John Wiley & Sons |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | October 1999 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | October 1999 |
Editors | Erich Hoyt, Ted Schultz |
Dimensions | 240 x 167 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-28277-8 |
Barcode | 9780471282778 |
Categories | |
LSN | 0-471-28277-4 |
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