Sex on six legs : lessons on life, love, and language from the insect world / Marlene Zuk
| データ種別 | 図書 |
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| 出版者 | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 出版年 | c2011 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | 262 p. ; 22 cm |
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| 内容注記 | Introduction : life on six legs If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Six legs and a genome The inner lives of wasps Seinfeld and the queen Sperm and eggs on six legs So two fruit flies go into a bar... Parenting and the rotten corpse Pirates at the picnic Six-legged language |
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| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references and index Summary: "...One of the most readable books about insect behavior...Zuk has the uncanny ability to take what most of us consider just plain creepy and turn it into the fascinating and the revelatory."--Booklist, starred review Summary: "Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity--personality, language, childcare--with completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor? How does the lead ant know exactly where to take his colony, to that one bread crumb that your nightly sweep missed? Can insects be taught new skills as easily as your new puppy? Sex on Six Legs is a startling and exciting book that provides answers to these questions and many more ... Zuk not only examines the bedroom lives of creepy crawlies but also calls into question some of our own longheld assumptions about learning, the nature of personality, and what our own large brains might be for."--Publisher's description HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010025829-b.html Information=Contributor biographical information HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010025829-d.html Information=Publisher description HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010025829-s.html Information=Sample text HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010025829-t.html Information=Table of contents only |
| 著者標目 | Zuk, M. (Marlene) |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Insects -- Behavior
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| 分 類 | LCC:QL496 DC22:595.715 |
| 書誌ID | L000202478 |
| ISBN | 9780151013739 |
| NCID | BB08540782 |