Empire of Ants
the hidden worlds and extraordinary lives of earth's tiny conquerors
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2021
Summary
Empire of Ants: A Secret World Beneath Our Feet
‘Beautifully written and filled with mind-boggling wonders’ - Dave Goulson, author of *A Sting in the Tale*
‘Thrilling, compellingly readable and paradigm-shattering’ - Charles Foster, author of *Being a Beast*
‘Both expert and entertaining’ - David Barrie, author of *Incredible Journeys*
Ants have been walking the Earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Today the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781856754736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1856754731 |
| Author: | Susanne Foitzik, Olaf Fritsche |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Gaia Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 218mm x 143mm |
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About The Author
Susanne Foitzik
Susanne Foitzik (Author)
Susanne Foitzik is an evolutionary biologist, behavioral scientist and international authority on ants. After completing her PhD in ant evolution and behavior and conducting postdoctoral work in the US, she became a professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Currently, she teaches at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, where she studies the behaviors of slaveholding ants and different work roles in insect colonies. Her findings have been published in over 100 scientific papers to date.
Olaf Fritsche (Author)
Olaf Fritsche is a science journalist and biophysicist with a PhD in biology. He was previously an editor at the German-language edition of Scientific American, is the author and coauthor of many books, and has been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines.
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