The butterfly effect Insects and the making of the modern world
Book - 2020
"An insightful, entertaining dive into the fruitful, centuries-long relationship between humans and insects, revealing the fascinating and surprising array of ways humans depend on these minute, six-legged pests"--
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- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf
2020.
- Edition
- First edition
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- "This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso.
- Physical Description
- 253 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-237) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781524733216
- Main Author
- The Bug in the System
- Shellac
- Silk
- Cochineal
- Resurgence and Resilience
- Nobel Flies
- Lords of the Floral
- A Six-Legged Menu
- Epilogue: Listening to Insects