The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism

Tis book, already translated into ten languages, may at frst sight appear to be just about honeybees...
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Author: Jürgen Tautz
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Language: English
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The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism by Tautz, Jürgen

The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism

$590.97

The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism

$590.97
Author: Jürgen Tautz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Tis book, already translated into ten languages, may at frst sight appear to be just about honeybees and their biology. It c- tains, however, a number of deeper messages related to some of the most basic and important principles of modern biology. Te bees are merely the actors that take us into the realm of phys- ology, genetics, reproduction, biophysics and learning, and that introduce us to the principles of natural selection underlying the evolution of simple to complex life forms. Te book destroys the cute notion of bees as anthropomorphic icons of busy self-sacr -i fcing individuals and presents us with the reality of the colony as an integrated and independent being--a "superorganism"--with its own, almost eerie, emergent group intelligence. We are s- prised to learn that no single bee, from queen through drone to sterile worker, has the oversight or control over the colony. - stead, through a network of integrated control systems and fee- backs, and communication between individuals, the colony - rives at consensus decisions from the bottom up through a type of "swarm intelligence". Indeed, there are remarkable parallels between the functional organization of a swarming honeybee colony and vertebrate brains.

Author: Jürgen Tautz
Publisher: Springer
Published: 05/21/2008
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9783540787273


Review Citation(s):
Science 12/19/2008 pg. 1794

About the Author

The author, Jürgen Tautz, is a world-leading scientist with a remarkable number of high class publications and a gifted communicator of science. His writing and popular lectures have twice been honoured by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) who included him among the best scientists in Europe in communicating science to the public.

A gifted communicator and leading scientist, Juergen Tautz has much in common with Carl Sagan, Richard P Feynman, Konrad Lorenz, Vince Dethier and others famous for their work in popularizing science and making it accessible to all.




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