Six Legs Better - A Cultural History of Myrmecology

Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Sleigh is a senior lecturer at the Centre for History and Cultural Studies of Science, University of Kent. Klappentext Marking the centenary of the coining of "myrmecologyto describe the study of ants, Six Legs Better demonstrates the remarkable historical role played by ants as a node where notions of animal, human, and automaton intersect. Zusammenfassung Marking the centenary of the coining of "myrmecologyto describe the study of ants! Six Legs Better demonstrates the remarkable historical role played by ants as a node where notions of animal! human! and automaton intersect.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Sleigh
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2007
• EAN: 9780801884450
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8445-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Animals, History, Culture; Animals, History, Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)