Ants at Work : How an Insect Society Is Organized

Gordon, Deborah

ISBN 10: 0684857332 / ISBN 13: 9780684857336

Published by The Free Press, 1999

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small 8vo in green wraps, 160pp+notes.small area of tape residue front bottom, slight bump bottom front corner. vg+ advance uncorrected proofs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ants at Work : How an Insect Society Is Organized
• Publisher: The Free Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684857332
• ISBN 13: 9780684857336
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The Stanford University professor summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves over time.

About the Author

Deborah M. Gordon, Ph.D., studied at Oberlin College, Stanford University, and Duke University, and researched at Harvard University and the University of Oxford before joining the faculty at Stanford, where she is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. She lives in Redwood City, California.