03519nam 2200613Ia 450 991045793470332120210811090643.00-520-94541-710.1525/9780520945418(CKB)2550000000067365(EBL)785207(OCoLC)763156517(SSID)ssj0000588576(PQKBManifestationID)11353881(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000588576(PQKBWorkID)10649542(PQKB)10974341(MiAaPQ)EBC785207(DE-B1597)520300(OCoLC)1018034289(DE-B1597)9780520945418(Au-PeEL)EBL785207(CaPaEBR)ebr10675726(EXLCZ)99255000000006736520090930d2010 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdventures among ants a global safari with a cast of trillions /Mark W. MoffettBerkeley University of California Press[2010]1 online resource (289 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27128-9 0-520-26199-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction: Travels with My Ants --A Brief Primer on Ants --Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore --African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm --Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air --Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker --Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener --Argentine Ant, the Global Invader --Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant --Acknowledgments and a Note on Content --Notes --IndexIntrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human-including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception.• Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity• Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics• Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for foodAntsBehaviorAnt communitiesAntsEcologyAntsBehavior.Ant communities.AntsEcology.595.79/615Moffett Mark W788410MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457934703321Adventures among ants2460808UNINA02486nam 2200613Ia 450 991045524780332120200520144314.01-62198-158-41-84755-890-9(CKB)1000000000791403(EBL)1185782(OCoLC)506361027(SSID)ssj0000379502(PQKBManifestationID)11297213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000379502(PQKBWorkID)10366211(PQKB)11055829(MiAaPQ)EBC1185782(PPN)198473680(Au-PeEL)EBL1185782(CaPaEBR)ebr10618717(CaONFJC)MIL872099(EXLCZ)99100000000079140320080721d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNanofluidics[electronic resource] nanoscience and nanotechnology /edited by Joshua B. Edel and Andrew J. deMelloCambridge, UK RSC Publishingc20091 online resource (211 p.)RSC nanoscience & nanotechnology,1757-7136Description based upon print version of record.0-85404-147-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Nanofluidics_publicity; full book resizedIn his now celebrated lecture at the 1959 meeting of the American Physical Society, Richard Feynman pondered the potential of miniaturization in the physical sciences. His vision, based on known technology, examined the limits set by physical principles and proposed a variety of new nano-tools including the concept of ""atom-by-atom"" fabrication. In the intervening decades, many of these predictions have become reality. In particular, the development and application of nanofluidics is becoming a competitive and exciting field of research. These nanoscale analytical instruments employ micromacRSC Nanoscience & NanotechnologyNanoelectromechanical systemsFluidic devicesElectronic books.Nanoelectromechanical systems.Fluidic devices.629.8042Edel Joshua B(Joshua Benno)907397De Mello Andrew907398MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455247803321Nanofluidics2029863UNINA