| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A cabinet of curiosity -- Buried cities -- "Even educated fleas do it" -- The on-flying things -- Vámanos pest! -- First responders -- You just squashed the cure for cancer -- Executives of big bug biz -- Dining with crickets -- Tracing the collapse. |
| Summary |
Weaving together history, travel and culture, an off-beat scientific journey into the insects, which have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years, introduces a cast of mini-monsters that are necessary to life as water and the people who love them. |
| Subject(S) |
Insects.
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Entomology.
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| Added Title |
Insects who rule the world and the people obsessed with them |
| ISBN |
9781250095503 (hardcover) |
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1250095506 (hardcover) |
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