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| #2208524 in Books | Reaktion Books | 2004-04-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x.60 x5.25l,.81 | File type: PDF | 216 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| okay - up to a point|By Desert Rat|I bought the book because I am very interested in the intersection of insects and people, and an examination of what characteristics of ants resonate with people in different times and and different people had great promise. The first part of the book does that reasonably well. The final part becomes a rant about different ways of doing sci||'[Charlotte Sleigh's] stylish, engaging and informative study deserves to win new members for the ant fan club.' - The Times 'Sleigh begins with an overview of what myrmecologists believe today. But it's the various fears, fascinations and prejudices of layp
Ants are legion: at present there are 11,006 species of ant known; they live everywhere in the world except the polar icecaps; and the combined weight of the ant population has been estimated to make up half the mass of all insects alive today.
When we encounter them outdoors, ants fascinate us; discovered in our kitchen cupboards, they elicit horror and disgust. Charlotte Sleigh’s Ant elucidates the cultural reasons behind our varied reactions t...
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