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The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, And Strangeness Of Insect Societies (2008)

by Bert Hölldobler(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0393067041 (ISBN13: 9780393067040)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I am primarily interested in honeybees...so I skimmed this book, as it is mostly about ants. Very interesting information, but is probably not for everyone. It is somewhat academic, most of it based on journal literature. If you are accustomed to reading scientific journals or work in academia you will not have a problem, however the casual reader may find this book somewhat intimidating. I had hoped this book would have covered more about honeybees.
review 2: A very dense book, though still very readable, by Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson. I was left with a deep and profound amazement about the life of ants and social insects, and a realization of just how much more there is to learn about these creatures, and the very nature of organisms, evolution, and n... moreatural selection. The writing is a little dry, but you can still feel E.O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler's excitement and passion for one of the most complex biological systems in the world, the superorganism. less

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