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Deborah M. Gordon and
Michelle Schwengel (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
October 1, 2000
Pages
182
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393321326
ISBN-10
0393321320
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$18.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The Stanford University professor summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves over time. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Leading ant researcher Deborah Gordon takes the reader to the Arizona desert to explore this question. The answer involves the emerging insights of the new science of complexity, and contributes to understanding the evolution of life itself.
Individual ants manage their incredibly complex colonies with no one in chargeâhow do they do it?
Ants have long been regarded as the most interesting of the social insects. With their queens and celibate workers, these intriguing creatures have captured the imaginations of scientists and children alike for generations. Yet until now, no one had studied intensely the life cycle of the ant colony as a whole. An ant colony has a life cycle of about fifteen yearsâit is born, matures, and dies. But the individual ants that inhabit the colony live only one year. So how does this system of tunnels and caves in the dirt become so much more than the sum of its parts?Leading ant researcher Deborah Gordon takes the reader to the Arizona desert to explore this question. The answer involves the emerging insights of the new science of complexity, and contributes to understanding the evolution of life itself.
Editions
Hardcover
from Free Pr (October 1, 1999)
9780684857336 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves
About: Summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves
Paperback
from Free Pr (August 7, 2011)
9781451665703 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.42 lbs | List price $13.99
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 1, 2000)
9780393321326 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $18.95
About: Summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves.
About: Summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves.
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