Adventures among Ants by Mark W Moffett
Takes us around the globe on a journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, this title provides details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.
"Packed with graphic enthusiasm..[and] provocative thoughts... [Moffett] writes with an entertainer's instinct for hooking a restless audience." New York Times 20100613 "[Adventures among Ants] is hefty, yet aerodynamic. It's really good for killing ants." The Colbert Report 20100504 "Take a look at daring eco-adventurer Mark Moffett's spectacular new ant book." - Margaret Atwood -- Margaret Atwood New York Review Of Books 20100408 "Superb book by a first-class writer with an unsurpassed feel for ants." Library Journal 20100615 "Adventures Among Ants may reach a broader audience than other recent publications and therefore stimulate interest in ants among a new generation." -- Philip Newey Bioscience 20110601 "Serfdom, war and dying for the tribe: It reads like a page out of a Russian novel. In fact, we're talking about ant life." Los Angeles Times 20100529 "The book itself is a fine specimen ... [Moffett's] expertise with the camera must match his expertise on ant biology." National Wildlife 20100517 "Moffett's ants are always sleek, polished and doing something spectacular." Nature 20100513 "Adventure Among Ants offers exotic tales of places you will probably never go, and glimpses of beautiful ants performing marvelous feats." -- Deborah M. Gordon Nature 20100513 "Many fascinating anecdotes." Washington Post 20100601
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520261990 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520261992 |
| Title | Adventures among Ants |
| Author | Mark W Moffett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2010-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Outdoor Book Awards (Nature/Environment) 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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