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OverviewA 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erich Hoyt , Ted Schultz , Ted SchultzPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.696kg ISBN: 9780471282778ISBN 10: 0471282774 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 18 October 1999 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsWonders 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.ReviewsAuthor InformationERICH 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |