Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems? How can we bring ruined land back to life? Where do roboticists turn when they try to engineer a hive mind?
Termites.
Strange though it seems, scientists look to tiny termites for answers to some big ideas. Lisa Margonelli tracks them, deep into their mounds to find out how termites can change the world. Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology touches on everything from meditation, innovation and the psychology of obsession to good old-fashioned biology.
| ISBN: | 9781786076823 |
| Publication date: | 2nd April 2020 |
| Author: | Lisa Margonelli |
| Publisher: | Oneworld an imprint of Oneworld Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 303 pages |
| Genres: |
Zoology: invertebrates Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems National parks and nature reserves: general interest The Earth: natural history: general interest Applied ecology Popular Science Zoology and animal sciences Nature and the natural world: general interest |