Endless forms : the secret world of wasps /
Wasps get a bad rap, but there may no other earthly creature guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Wasps are the bees' evolutionary ancestors and are just as essential for the survival of our environment. Wasps taught us how to make paper, and their sophisticated social networks are the best m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | Wasps get a bad rap, but there may no other earthly creature guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Wasps are the bees' evolutionary ancestors and are just as essential for the survival of our environment. Wasps taught us how to make paper, and their sophisticated social networks are the best model we have for earth's major evolutionary transitions. Sumner shows that in their understudied biology are clues to progressing medicine, including a possible cure for cancer. Their secrets have gone mostly untapped, but the potential of the wasp, and the form it takes, is endless. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by William Collins"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 387 pages, [16] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780063029927 0063029928 |