Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle

Emlen, Douglas J.

ISBN 10: 1250075319 / ISBN 13: 9781250075314

Published by Picador, 2015

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Synopsis:

"Outstanding . . . Emlen's book on animal warfare reveals a world far more fascinating and intriguing than one we could summon with our imagination." -The Seattle Times

Every animal relies on a weapon of some kind-cats have claws, eagles have talons, even the dogs we keep as pets have a respectable set of teeth. In rare cases, we find species whose weapons have become stunningly outsized, some with tusks so massive that those who wield them look like they should collapse under the weight. In Animal Weapons, biologist Douglas Emlen pulls readers into the worlds of these remarkable beasts, trekking through rainforests and mountain passes to unravel the mysteries of their weapons. Along the way, Emlen shows that the essential biology of animal arms races applies to our own weapons, too. A story that begins with biology becomes the story of all weapons, as Emlen seeks to determine where this parallel leaves us today, in a world filled with the deadliest weapons of all time-nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of mass destruction.

About the Author: Douglas Emlen is a Professor of Biology at the University of Montana. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the U. S. Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering. His co-authored textbook Evolution: Making Sense of Life (with science writer Carl Zimmer; Macmillan Learning, 2019) is currently adopted at more than 240 colleges and universities, and his book Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle (Henry Holt, 2014) was selected as the Phi Beta Kappa Science Book of the Year in 2015. He starred in the NOVA documentary Extreme Animal Weapons, and he lives in Montana with his family (and a whole bunch of beetles).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle
Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Tuss, David J.
Condition: good