Thomas Eisner

For Love of Insects

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Produktbeschreibung

Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodiesâ and you will have entered an insect world once beyond imagining, a world observed and described down to its tiniest astonishing detail by Thomas Eisner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 203mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9780674018273
• ISBN-10: 0674018273
• Artikelnr.: 21955035

Autorenporträt

Thomas Eisner was J.G. Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University. In 1994 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. His film Secret Weapons won the Grand Award at the New York Film Festival and was named Best Science Film by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.