EAN: 9780691179315

ANT ARCHITECTURE - THE WONDER BEAUTY AND SCIENC...

Tschinkel describes the ingenious methods he has devised to study ant nests  showing how he
fills a nest with plaster  molten metal  or wax and painstakingly excavates the cast. He guides
you through living ant nests chamber by chamber  revealing how nests are created and how
colonies function. How does nest architecture vary across species? Do ants have architectural
plans?? How do nests affect our environment? As he delves into these and other questions 
Tschinkel provides a one-of-a-kind natural history of the planet's most successful creatures
and a compelling firsthand account of a life of scientific discovery. Offering a unique look at
how simple methods can lead to pioneering science  Ant Architecture addresses the unsolved
mysteries of underground ant nests while charting new directions for tomorrow's research  and
reflects on the role of beauty in nature and the joys of shoestring science.

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