The New York Times Book of Insects - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585747920 ISBN 13: 9781585747924

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Over the course of evolution, insects have learned to live in every extremity of the earth, from the scorching sands of the Sahara to the snow-mantled wastelands of Antarctica, and have inhabited the planet three thousand times longer than humans. Collected here are the most curious and entertaining articles on the world of insects from award-winning New York Times writers, including Natalie Angier, William K. Stevens, Jane E. Brody, Malcolm W. Browne, and Carol Kaesuk Yoon. Such wonders are revealed as the deadly love affairs of an Australian spider; the aerodynamic secrets of insect flight as demonstrated by a giant, smoke-spewing moth; and the industrious fungus-farming, leaf-cutting ants of the Amazon. From the mysterious monarch butterfly to the lowly dung beetle, there is much for humans to learn from these ancient survivors.

About this title

About the Author:

NICHOLAS WADE, a science reporter for The New York Times, was the editor of Science Times from 1990 through 1996. He is the author of The Ultimate Experiment, The Nobel Duel, Betrayers of the Truth (with William J. Broad), and A World Beyond Healing, and editor of all the Science Times books (page 202). He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Review:

"I am delighted with this collection. The writing is crystal-clear and
entertaining, the detail accurate, and the selection of topics wide enough to
compose a virtual entomological textbook. Read it, and an insect will never
be a bug to you again."
--Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer-Prize winning co-author of The Ants

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585747920
• ISBN 13: 9781585747924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Wade Nicholas