Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers - Softcover

Berenbaum, Dr. May R.

 
9780252060274: Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers
Softcover
ISBN 10: 025206027X ISBN 13: 9780252060274
Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

In this classic of natural history, National Medal of Science winner May Berenbaum weaves a web of spellbinding portraits that acquaints readers with the multitudes sharing our world and, alas, our kitchen. Go small or go home as Berenbaum reveals:
Why the "Jesus bug" can walk on water
How the katydid's nighttime noise inspired romantic poetry
The trapping prowess of the hungry antlion
That disgusting thing chiggers do to eat your skin

A witty and educational guide that's as accessible as the container of flour you should have closed more tightly, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers is the fascinating story of our million closest neighbors.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

May R. Berenbaum is Swanlund Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A winner of the National Medal of Science in 2014, Berenbaum is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Her books include Ninety-Nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers and Honey, I'm Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World.

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'Informative, interesting, humorous, and sparkling-this is the book to read if you want to learn about the world's most interesting animals (and, if you hate insects, it's the book that'll change your mind).' -Thomas Eisner, entomologist and naturalist cinematographer

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Verlag
University of Illinois Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1989
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
025206027X
ISBN 13 
9780252060274
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
280
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