Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration Export

@book{citeulike:2287008, abstract = {{"Look to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise," says the proverb. Bert H\"{o}lldobler and E.O. Wilson have joined together to tell how they took this advice and to share the fruits of their wisdom. As <I>Nature</I> said, they "have done for ants what Levi's did for denim." Not just a good-parts version of their magisterial, Pulitzer-winning <I>The Ants</I>, <I>Journey</I> is also a double autobiography--the history of how early enthusiasm developed into an enormously fruitful scientific collaboration. "We, having entered our bug period as children, were blessed by never being required to abandon it," the authors write. Their devotion to their chosen field shines through.<p> <I>Journey to the Ants</I> 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 anthills. There is an appendix with practical instructions for collecting individual ants or whole colonies, dead or alive. H\"{o}lldobler and Wilson clearly want other children to follow in their footsteps, growing from simple bug love to insights into evolution and society. <I>--Mary Ellen Curtin</I> } {<p> Richly illustrated and delightfully written, <i>Journey to the Ants</i> combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. Bert H\"{o}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. </p>}}, author = {H\"{o}lldobler, Bert and Wilson, Edward O.}, citeulike-article-id = {2287008}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&amp;path=ASIN/0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&amp;path=ASIN/0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674485262/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0674485262}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0674485262&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0674485262}, day = {21}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0674485262}, keywords = {amg, coevolution, evolution, library, swarming}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-01-25 04:33:45}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Belknap Press}}, title = {Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0674485262}, year = {1998} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:2287008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2287008 N2 - {"Look to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise," says the proverb. Bert Hölldobler and E.O. Wilson have joined together to tell how they took this advice and to share the fruits of their wisdom. As <I>Nature</I> said, they "have done for ants what Levi's did for denim." Not just a good-parts version of their magisterial, Pulitzer-winning <I>The Ants</I>, <I>Journey</I> is also a double autobiography--the history of how early enthusiasm developed into an enormously fruitful scientific collaboration. "We, having entered our bug period as children, were blessed by never being required to abandon it," the authors write. Their devotion to their chosen field shines through.<p> <I>Journey to the Ants</I> 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 anthills. There is an appendix with practical instructions for collecting individual ants or whole colonies, dead or alive. Hölldobler and Wilson clearly want other children to follow in their footsteps, growing from simple bug love to insights into evolution and society. <I>--Mary Ellen Curtin</I> } {<p> Richly illustrated and delightfully written, <i>Journey to the Ants</i> combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. Bert Hölldobler 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. </p>} SN - 0674485262 TI - Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration PB - {Belknap Press} KW - amg KW - coevolution KW - evolution KW - library KW - swarming AU - Hölldobler, Bert AU - Wilson, Edward PY - 1998/07/21/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0674485262 ER -