| Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hölldobler, Bert (Author), Wilson, Edward O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674485262 ISBN-13: 9780674485266 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1998 Annotation: ng author of The Diversity of Life 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. 173 illustrations, 95 in color. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Nature | Animals - Insects & Spiders - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94013386 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7.96" W x 9.1" (1.60 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher 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. Bert H lldobler and E. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holldobler, Bert: - Bert Hölldobler is now Foundation Professor of Biology at Arizona State University; formerly Chair of Behavioral Physiology and Sociology at the Theodor Boveri Institute, University of Würzburg. He is also the recipient of the U.S. Senior Scientist Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German government. Until 1990, he was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University.Wilson, Edward O.: - Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. |