Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674485262 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Richly illustrated and delightfully written, Journey to the Ants combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of ants, building, from the first minute observations of childhood, a remarkable account of these abundant insects’ evolutionary achievement.. Bert Hölldobler and E
--Mary Ellen Curtin. Hölldobler and Wilson clearly want other children to follow in their footsteps, growing from simple bug love to insights into evolution and society. Wilson have joined together to tell how they took this advice and to share the fruits of their wisdom. "We, having entered our bug period as children, were blessed by never being required to abandon it," the authors write. There is an appendix with practical instructions for collecting individual ants or whole colonies, dead or alive. Their devotion to their chosen field shines through.Journey to the Ants gives an outstanding overview of the enormous variety and fascination of myrmecology, from the primitive bulldog ants of Australia to the complexities of weaver ant societies, slave-making ants and agriculture, army ants, and the social parasites concealed within anthill
mtspace said Interesting and Compelling. When the authors of this book wrote their Pulitzer Prize winning book The Ants a few years before this one, between them they had dedicated almost 75 years to the study of ants. That tome is weighty in every respect, and a little formidable. This book was written a few years later to distill the categorical information of the former into more accessible and digestible form.The book addresses the following issues : Why study ants? . Great teaching aid for non-science teachers. A Customer This book is easy to read. Could easily be used by elementary, middle school, and secondary school teachers to prepare a number of interesting lessons and scientific projects. Not only can insects (ants in particular, of course) but society, community, non-linguistic communication, evolution, and putting the universe into a size perspective provides many areas for class discussion. "Ants are oblivious to human existence." An incre. Awesome book. First chapters more about the history of Awesome book. First chapters more about the history of myrmecology which personally I wan's that into the topic but the remainder of the book has read like a good novel.