 (2).png "Return to Catalog Home")
Tales from the ant world
(Book)
Author
Status
Main Area
SCIENCE INSECTS
1 available
SCIENCE INSECTS
1 available
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Main Area | SCIENCE INSECTS | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
More Details
Format
Book
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Citation/References
Library Journal Prepub Alert,,030120, p. 65
Citation/References
Kirkus Review - Adult,051520
Citation/References
Publisher's Weekly,052520
Citation/References
Library Journal,,070120, p. 74
Citation/References
Booklist,,080120, p. 11
Description
"Summary Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants-from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest." Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony. ... Their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg," writes Edward O. Wilson in his most finely observed work in decades. In a myrmecological tour to such far-flung destinations as Mozambique and New Guinea, the Gulf of Mexico's Dauphin Island and even his parents' overgrown yard back in Alabama, Wilson thrillingly evokes his nine-decade-long scientific obsession with more than 15,000 ant species. Wryly observing that "males are little more than flying sperm missiles" or that ants send their "little old ladies into battle," Wilson eloquently relays his brushes with fire, army, and leafcutter ants, as well as more exotic species: the Matabele, Africa's fiercest warrior ants; Costa Rica's Basiceros, the slowest ants in the world; and New Caledonia's Myrmecia apicalis, the most endangered of them all. A personal account by one of our greatest scientists, Tales from the Ant World is an indispensable volume for any lover of the natural world"--
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilson, E. O. (2020). Tales from the ant world (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Edward O. 2020. Tales From the Ant World. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Edward O. Tales From the Ant World Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilson, Edward O. Tales From the Ant World First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2020.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.