Adventures Among Ants (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Moffett, Mark W.

ISBN 10: 0520261992 / ISBN 13: 9780520261990

Published by California, 2010

About this Item

Signed First Edition First Printing of this lively exploration of the extraordinary activities and characteristics of ants throughout the world. Signed and date by Mark W. Moffett on the half title page with a hand-drawn ant accompanying the signature. Black cloth, 280 pages, illustrated. The book has a blank "Adventures of the Mind" bookplate on the half title page and minimal sign of previous use. The dust jacket has edge wear at the top including a couple closed tears and a crease on the front flap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adventures Among Ants (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: California
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520261992
• ISBN 13: 9780520261990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human--including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception.

* Ants are world-class road builders, handling complex traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems
* Ants take slaves from conquered armies and create societies dependent on their labor
* Ants with the largest societies often deploy complex military tactics
* Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other animals and growing specific crops for food

About the Author

Mark W. Moffett, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, is the author of The High Frontier: Exploring the Tropical Rainforest Canopy and Face to Face with Frogs. Moffett has received the Explorers Club’s Lowell Thomas Award, the Distinguished Explorer Award from the Roy Chapman Andrews Society, Yale University’s Poynter Fellowship for Journalism, Harvard’s Bowdoin Prize for writing, and many international photography awards.