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Insights from Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Paw Prints
Publication date
May 29, 2008
Pages
311
Binding
Prebinding
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781435292239
ISBN-10
1435292235
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.18 lbs.
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$29.98
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This fascinating, beautifully illustrated book profiles twenty "troublesome bugs," showing how the study of these creatures has led scientists to many basic discoveries that have enhanced our understanding of life.
The reader learns how an American entomologist was awarded Franceâs gold medal of honor for rescuing the French wine industry from destruction by the aphid-like "grape phylloxera"; how the World Health Organization almost completely eradicated malaria through the use of DDT before the insect adapted to the insecticide and became resistant; how some insects disguise themselves to avoid detection; how others survive the subzero temperatures of winter; why some flies have a uterus and a mammary gland; and many more strange and tantalizing true tales about these wonderful, troublesome "pests"âpests that have taught us vital lessons about survival, nature, and the environment.
The reader learns how an American entomologist was awarded Franceâs gold medal of honor for rescuing the French wine industry from destruction by the aphid-like "grape phylloxera"; how the World Health Organization almost completely eradicated malaria through the use of DDT before the insect adapted to the insecticide and became resistant; how some insects disguise themselves to avoid detection; how others survive the subzero temperatures of winter; why some flies have a uterus and a mammary gland; and many more strange and tantalizing true tales about these wonderful, troublesome "pests"âpests that have taught us vital lessons about survival, nature, and the environment.
Editions
Paperback
from Prometheus Books (March 11, 2005)
9781591022770 | details & prices | 311 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $20.99
About: Examines the behavior of twenty insects commonly considered pests, including mosquitoes, fruit flies, gypsy moths, and Japanese beetles, and looks at how these creatures can be helpful and what we can learn from them.
About: Examines the behavior of twenty insects commonly considered pests, including mosquitoes, fruit flies, gypsy moths, and Japanese beetles, and looks at how these creatures can be helpful and what we can learn from them.
Prebinding
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Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 29, 2008)
9781435292239 | details & prices | 311 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $29.98
About: This fascinating, beautifully illustrated book profiles twenty "troublesome bugs," showing how the study of these creatures has led scientists to many basic discoveries that have enhanced our understanding of life.
About: This fascinating, beautifully illustrated book profiles twenty "troublesome bugs," showing how the study of these creatures has led scientists to many basic discoveries that have enhanced our understanding of life.
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