Planet of the Ants: The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors (ePub)
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Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, the book offers a view into parallels between seemingly out-of-this-world ant societies and our own, including cities, an intense work ethic, division of labor, intragroup cooperation combined with genocidal outgroup warfare, even a kind of to-the-death national loyalty. The authors' scientific rigor is matched by their joy in their subjects.The Wall Street Journal
Shortlisted for the 2022 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
This sweeping portrait of the world's uncontested six-legged conquerors will open your eyes to the secret societies thriving right beneath your feetand shift your perspective on humanity.
The closer you get to ants, the more human they look. Ants build megacities, tend gardens, wage wars, and farm livestock. Ants have flourished since the
age of the dinosaurs. There are one million ants for every one of us.
Engineered by nature to fulfill their particular roles, ants flawlessly perform a complex symphony of tasks to sustain their colonyseemingly without a conductorfrom fearsome army ants, who stage twelve-hour hunting raids where they devour thousands, to gentle leafcutters cooperatively gardening in their peaceful underground kingdoms.
Acclaimed biologist Susanne Foitzik has traveled the globe to study these master architects of Earth. Joined by journalist Olaf Fritsche, Foitzik invites readers deep into her world in both the field and the lab. Exploring these insects' tiny yet incredible lives will inspire new respect for ants as a global superpower.
Publisher's note: Planet of the Ants was previously published in hardcover as Empire of Ants.
Olaf Fritsche is a science journalist and biophysicist with a PhD in biology. He was previously an editor at the German-language edition of Scientific American, is the author and coauthor of many books, and has been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines. He lives in Germany.
- Autoren: Susanne Foitzik , Olaf Fritsche
- 2022, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Ayça Türkoglu
- Verlag: The Experiment
- ISBN-10: 1615197133
- ISBN-13: 9781615197132
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.03.2022
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- Grösse: 19 MB
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