Bumblebee Economics: With a New Preface - Softcover

Heinrich, Bernd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674016394 ISBN 13: 9780674016392

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2004

Synopsis

In his new preface Bernd Heinrich ranges from Maine to Alaska and north to the Arctic as he summarizes findings from continuing investigations over the past twenty-five years--by him and others--into the wondrous "energy economy" of bumblebees.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernd Heinrich is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont. He has written several memoirs of his life in science and nature, including One Man’s Owl, Ravens in Winter, and A Year in the Maine Woods, which won the 1995 Rutstrum Authors’ Award for Literary Excellence.

Review:

“This is a remarkable and rewarding book, complementary to, yet in some respects going far beyond, its predecessors. It is highly recommended.”―Caryl P. Haskins, New York Times Book Review

“Extraordinary...the implications of work such as Heinrich's seem to me more resonant than the promise of a rich harvest of new research.”―Fred Hapgood, Harper's Magazine

“A magnificent book that combines the best of both writing and science...Heinrich has performed a masterful job of sharing his personal research efforts and those of others in his field. He has written an extremely interesting book and in the process has shown how one kind of organism can be used as a model to investigate behavior, physiology, ecology and evolution. Bumblebee Economics should serve as a model for good scientific writing.”―Matthew M. Douglas, Quarterly Review of Biology

“Heinrich is the author of several notable books about nature. This one, first published in 1979, is a classic, a fascinating, readable study of life as organized (sort of) by a most endearing little creature. A new preface summarizes findings of the last quarter-century. A splendid work.”―Globe and Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0674016394
• ISBN 13: 9780674016392
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288