Superorganism

Hoelldobler, B.; Wilson, E.O. The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies . Norton: 2009

520, 110 col + 100 b/w illus. HB. NEW. Based on remarkable research, eighteen years after the publication of the classic work 'The Ants', this new volume expands our knowledge of social insects (ants, bees, wasps and termites). Superorganisms, tightly knit colonies of individuals, formed by altruistic co-operation, complex communication and division of labour, represent one of the basic stages of biological organisation, midway between the organism and the species. As the authors demonstrate, the study of the superorganism has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life has progressed from simple to complex forms. [9780393067040]

[SW: Entomology; Social Insects; Hymenoptera; Isoptera; Bees; Wasps; Ants; Termites;]

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Okoro, John Ifeanyi: The Earth as a Living Superorganism. From the Scientific Gaia (Hypothesis) to the Metaphysics of Nature. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien Peter Lang Vlg. 2005. ISBN: 978-3-631-53283-6
A guest from another star to our solar system could use a simple spectroscope to explore the atmospheres of the planets, and wind up that while Venus and Mars, which both have carbon dioxide atmospheres, do not have life, Earth, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, must have, and is alive. Today, there are many different views of Gaia, ranging from the semi-religious way in which many people have latched on to the idea of the planet as a living "Mother Earth", to oppositions from some scientists who regard the whole thing as utter nonsense. Interpreting the Earth as a superorganism in this book represents something transcendentally new. In fact, it implies a theory, which is susceptible to being tailored and treated with rigorous metaphysical, mathematical and scientific means. It particularly calls for a new ontology, which we can qualify as an ecometaphysics, or ecoontology of an interconnection and interelatedness of all things.

410 pp. Pb. *neuwertig*

[SW: Philosophie]

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Jürgen,Tautz: The Buzz about Bees Biology of a Superorganism, Springer-Verlag GmbH, Mai 2008 ISBN: 3540787275
With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, Jürgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realms of bees.In contrast to the view of bee colonies as perfect societies of selfless individuals ruled by a queen, Tautz introduces them as a superorganism, a self organizing and complex adaptive system based on a network of communication; a fascinating result of evolution - a mammal in several bodies.The entire range of astonishing bee activities is described. Remarkable action photographs never shown before present bees busy with cell cleaning, caring for the brood, serving in the queen's court, visiting flowers, receiving nectar, producing honey, comb building, entrance guarding, heating and cooling. Spotlights include bees grooming, swarming, fighting, telephoning, sleeping and communicating by high-toned beeping, scents and dances. TOC:Prolog: The Bee Colony - a Mammal in Several Bodies; Man's Smallest Domestic Animal - a Picture Guide; The Inevitable Honeybees; Propagated Immortality; Honeybees - a Model for Success; What Bees Know About Flowers; Honeybee Sex, and Virgin Brides; Royal Jelly - Designer Diet in Bee Colonies; The Largest Organ of the Bee Colony - Construction and Function of the Comb; Cultivated Intelligence; Is Honey Thicker than Blood: How Important Is the Family; The Circle Closes; Epilog: The Future for Bees and Mankind; References; Index<

NEUBUCH! 284 Seiten 243 mm x 170 mm x 21 mm 230 farb. Abb., 3 farb. Zeichn. Einband:Gebunden

[SW: Selbstorganisation (System)]

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Stock, Gregory. Metaman The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
Size is 8vo w/Dust Jacket 365pp(Index) A 1" long black pen mark on bottom page ends & DJ rubbed on covers, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names DJ tears etc..

1st Edition 1st Printing, Hard Cover, B/W Photos. VG/VG.

[SW: Technology Civilization Modern World Human Evolution,]

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