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Bezig met laden... Antdoor Charlotte Sleigh
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. not finished This is another case of me not reading the cover blurb properly and buying a book that was not what I expected. I thought I was buying a book about ants, but what this actually is is a book about human attitudes towards ants throughout history. So, on its own terms, this is a very interesting and thought-provoking book. It examines how our attitudes towards ants have changed over time, from being exemplars of hard work, duty, faithfulness and self-sacrifice for the greater good of the community, to metaphors of our fear of foreign invasion and illegal immigration, to models for artificial intelligence and information theory (whatever that is!). Profusely illustrated and easy to read, this was not what I expected but enjoyable nonetheless. And the bibliography and suggested further reading has given me some ideas for the books I might get to satisfy my curiosity about ants themselves. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Ants are legion: at present there are 11,006 species of ant known; they live everywhere in the world except the polar icecaps; and the combined weight of the ant population has been estimated to make up half the mass of all insects alive today. When we encounter them outdoors, ants fascinate us; discovered in our kitchen cupboards, they elicit horror and disgust. Charlotte Sleigh's Ant elucidates the cultural reasons behind our varied reactions to these extraordinary insects, and considers the variety of responses that humans have expressed at different times and in different places to their intricate, miniature societies. Ants have figured as fantasy miniature armies, as models of good behavior, as infiltrating communists and as creatures on the borderline between the realms of the organic and the machine: in 1977 British Telecom hired ant experts to help solve problems with their massive information network. This is the first book to examine ants in these and many other such guises, and in so doing opens up broader issues about the history of science and humans' relations with the natural world. It will be of interest to anyone who likes natural history or cultural studies, or who has ever rushed out and bought a can of Raid(tm). "[Charlotte Sleigh's] stylish, engaging and informative study deserves to win new members for the ant fan club."--Jonathan Bate, The Times Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)595.796Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Insects: Insecta, Hexapoda Hymenoptera: bees, wasps, ants, etc. AntsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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