Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
by Holldobler, Bert, and Wilson, Edward O
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674485254
- ISBN 13
- 9780674485259
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994. Cloth, 228 pages, [64] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edges lightly soiled. Fine DJ. "This text, based on two scientists' lifelong observations, provides an account of the social structure and evolutionary achievement of these remarkable insects. It covers topics including co-operation, reproduction, hunting, and building of temperature-controlled nests." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The dominance of ants; for the love of ants; the life and death of the colony; how ants communicate; war and foreign policy; the ur-ants; conflict and dominance; the origin of cooperation; the superorganism; social parasites - breaking the ode; the trophobionts; army ants; the strangest ants; how ants control their environment; epilogue - who will survive?; how to study ants.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119193
- Title
- Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
- Author
- Holldobler, Bert, and Wilson, Edward O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674485254
- ISBN 13
- 9780674485259
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genre & Subject / Animals;
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